Patricia Wynne

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SEPTEMBER 2013 PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Human languages first appeared between 30,000 and 100,000 years ago but the question of how languages spread and evolve is still under investigation. Join Museum Curators Peter Whiteley and Ward Wheeler to learn how advanced computational techniques, typically used in genetic analyses, are also being used to help understand anthropology, language shifts, and key patterns in human social evolution.