Open Lecture – ‘Homo Luzonensis: Discovery of a New Human Species’

Archaeological dig at Callao Caves

Tuesday 3rd December 2019, 18:00 – 19:00. Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1, University of Kent

Join Dr Florent Détroit, from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, to hear about the exciting discovery of a new species of hominin, Homo luzonensis. Homo luzonensis is a Late Pleistocene species of the genus Homo from Callao Cave (Northern Luzon, Philippines).

Dr Détroit is a palaeoanthropologist specialising in the evolution of Pleistocene hominins in Southeast Asia. His research interests include biological and cultural variability of Homo sapiens in Africa and inter-tropical Asia. Since 2007, Dr Détroit has been conducting fieldwork in Callao Cave (The Philippines) that led to the identification of a new hominin species.

The event is free and open to all.

Please contact Dr Ameline Bardo or Dr Mona Le Luyer for more information.

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