Symposium: The Evolutionary History of the Human Face

September  13th,  Madrid  In  combination  with  ESHE  2016  

 Organized by: Rodrigo S. Lacruz and Juan-Luis Arsuaga Hosted by: Fundación Ramón Areces Speakers: William H. Kimbel: Facial characteristics in Australopithecus Bernard Wood: Patterns of variation within the face of early hominins: Do we have a comparative context?

Juan-Luis Arsuaga: Cranial morphofunctional modules and mosaic evolution Chris Stringer: Cranial and facial morphology in the Middle-Pleistocene and the origins of later humans

Timothy G. Bromage: Bone remodeling provides a mechanism to evaluate the craniofacial complex

Jean-Jacques Hublin: Evolution of modern human facial morphology

Katerina Harvati: Shaping the human face: Environment and population history influences on human cranial variation

Yoel Rak: A tale of two faces Paul O’Higgins: Assessing the functional significance of facial differences among recent humans The symposium will be held at the Ramón Areces Foundation in Madrid. Calle de Vitruvio, 5, 28006 Madrid, Spain. 9:30 am- 19:00 hrs. Attendance to the symposium is free. Please register online. (for additional details: rodrigo.lacruz@nyu.edu)