Lecture
At home with the Neanderthals: excavations at la Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey
Thursday 7 June, 13.15
BP Lecture Theatre
Free, booking advised
Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8181
Ticket Desk in Great Court
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The Neanderthals represent an incredibly successful and distinctive experiment in being human. They evolved as a separate human lineage over half a million years before apparently disappearing around 40,000 years ago.
During this period they occupied large parts of Europe and Western Asia, developed sophisticated tools, mastered fire and engaged in the hunting of large mammals across a variety of different environments.
La Cotte de St Brelade, on the Channel Island of Jersey, is one of the best sites in the world for understanding Neanderthals and their achievements.
In this lecture Matt Pope will report on new work being carried out on this mega-site and will consider the evolution and ultimate fate of our closest evolutionary relative.
UCL lunch hour lectures will be available to watch live online at ucl.ac.uk/lhl/streamed
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