An International Conference to review the current knowledge about Human Evolution. Special reference is made to consider how Man's evolution has possibly been influenced by a period of adaptation to an aquatic environment.

Programme

Wednesday Thursday 9th May Day 1

0815-0825 Welcome Peter Rhys Evans

• 0825-0845 Hominin Evolution Revisited (A tribute to Prof. Phillip Tobias) Michael Crawford
• 0845-0920 Human Evolution and Migration and the Roles of Water Bodies Stephen Oppenheimer
• 0920-0940 Why neither the Savannah nor the Aquatic Hypotheses holds Water John Langdon
• 0940-1000 Coastal adaptations, complex topography, and submerged landscapes: an archaeological perspective on human dispersal Geoff Bailey
• 1000-1020 The Palaeoecology of Human Evolution Stephen Munro

1020-1040 Discussion

1040-1110 Coffee

• 1110-1130 Coastal Migration of Land-Based Mammals Javier Caraveo-Patiño
• 1130-1150 The Wading Hypothesis and the Evolution of Human Bipedality Algis Kuliukas
• 1150-1210 Homo litoralis: Pleistocene Diaspora along Coasts and Rivers Marc Verhaegen
• 1210-1230 Specialisations for Diving Animal Species Andreas Fahlman

1230-1300 Discussion

1300-1400 Lunch and Poster Display

• 1400-1420 Lucy, the Australopithecines and Early Bipedal Apes Donald Johanson
• 1420-1440 Exploitation of Environmental Resources Leigh Broadhurst
• 1440-1500 Neanderthals and their Demise Clive Finlayson
• 1500-1520 Evidence from the Seabed for Hominin Occupation of the Coastal Zones throughout the last Million Years Nic Flemming

1520-1540 Discussion

1540-1610 Tea

1610-Moderator: Michael Crawford

• 1610-1630 African Origins and Human Dispersals Martha Lahr
• 1630-1650 Happisburgh and European Coastal Settlements Nick Ashton
• 1650-1710 The Archaeology of Multiple Hominin Dispersals across Southern Asia Michael Petraglia
• 1710-1730 Who were the First Americans? Dennis Stanford

1730-1800 Discussion

1800 Close

Friday 10 May 2013  Evolution

0830-0900 Introduction Sir David Attenborough

• 0900-0920 Nature’s Great Experiment: The Evolution and Development of the Human Larynx Jeffrey Laitman
• 0920-0940 Human Breath-Hold Diving Ability Erika Schagatay
• 0940-1000 The Origin of Speech Marc Verhaegen & Mario Vaneechoutte
• 1000-1020 The Darwinian Evolution of Speech –From Near Incipient Vernaculars to Modern Languages Bernard Bichakjian
• 1020-1040 Aural Exostoses Provide Hard Evidence of Man’s Aquatic Past Peter Rhys-Evans

1040-1100 Discussion

1100-1120 Coffee

• 1120-1140 Unique Homo Characteristics – Are they Compatible with a Semi-Aquatic Past? Mario Vaneechoutte
• 1140-1200 Aquatic Reflexes in Newborn Humans Dirk Meijers
• 1200-1220 Dental Micro-wear and Diet: the Role of Geographic and Cultural Contexts in Human Evolution Pierre-François Puech
• 1220-1240 Visual Adaptations to Aquatic Lifestyle Anna Gislén

1240-1300 Discussion

1300-1400 Lunch

• 1400-1420 Pregnancy and Neonates Michel Odent
• 1420-1440 Survival of the Fattest Stephen Cunnane
• 1440-1500 Nutrition and Development of the Brain Michael Crawford
• 1500-1520 Aquatic Foods and Fuelling the Hominin Brain Kathlyn Stewart
• 1520-1540 Human Brain Changes Resulting From the Aquatic Phase in Human History Brunetto Chiarelli

1540-1600 Discussion

1600-1620 Tea

• 1620-1640 The Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century Sir David King
• 1640-1700 Environment, Nutrition and Cancer Dame Valerie Beral
• 1700-1720 Poverty and Global Nutrition Crisis Kebreab Ghebremeskel

1720-1740 Discussion

1740-1800 Poster Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks