Date:
Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Location:
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
The ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another has allowed us to create ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have enabled successful expansion into myriad environments. Drawing insights from lost European explorers, clever chimpanzees, mobile hunter-gatherers, neuroscience, ancient bones, and the human genome, Joseph Henrich, author of The Secret of Our Success, will discuss how our collective intelligence has propelled our species’ evolution.
"Mind-stretching…Henrich’s book will take you on a prodigious journey through human nature and society." —Alun Anderson, New Scientist
Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage
Free and open to the public.