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The PleistoceneMeets MiddleEarth: Hobbits (Homo floresiensis) & Human Evolutionwith Matthew W. Tocheri, Ph.D.
2010
February 19 - 26
Matthew Tocheri is a Lakehead graduate in anthropology, currently a paleoanthropologist at the world renowned Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
Recent research involves explaining the signifi cance of hominin fossils recently discovered in Indonesia fossils named “the Hobbits” due to small stature signifi cant in explaining human evolution/origins and human migration also uses innovative technology for quantitatively analyzing the bone fragments
Thur., Feb., 25 7 p.m.ATAC 1003
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