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Human evolution – the story of us
7 March 2014
Humans and chimpanzees last shared a common ancestor approximately 6.5 million years ago. Numerous species of hominins (human ancestors) have existed since then, but Homo sapiens (us)…
Your Universe, Ninth UCL Festival of Astronomy: exhibits and lectures for schools, families and the general public
6 - 8 March 2014
Learn about how stars are born, live and die. Trace their lives in the interactive HR diagram. Play God by building the Universe from the big bang to our days, along our 14 metre long…
The Women behind Petrie: International Women's Day Event
8 March 2014
How were Hilda Urlin, Margaret Murray, Winifred Brunton, Gertrude Caton-Thompson, Olga Tufnell, Kate Bradbury, and Beatrice Orme (among other women) involved with Petrie, his excavations…
Civilisation: Feasting and drinking
11 March 2014
Food and drink figure prominently in the understanding of civilisation as a process that incorporates forms of etiquette. Archaeologists have focused on the origins of food production…
Lunch Hour Lecture: Should we experiment with the climate?
11 March 2014
Policies to tackle climate change do not seem to be working. Some scientists have begun to look into tacking climate change directly, through 'geoengineering', but the risks, ethics…
Disability and disasters
12 March 2014
In very many cases, the needs of people with disabilities are neglected in arrangements for managing emergencies & reducing the impacts of disaster. People with disabilities constitute…
Legacies of European colonial slavery
12 March 2014
Colonial slavery profoundly shaped modern Europe – the continent as well as the British Isles. Yet while its legacies clearly reach into our world today, the extent and limits of slavery’s…
Sir Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens: Anglo-Dutch Science and Politics around 1688
17 March 2014
Professor Lisa Jardine will give a lecture to mark the launch of the UCL Centre for Low Countries Studies. The Centre runs a full programme of research, teaching, publications, and…
Are e-petitions the junk food of democracy?
20 March 2014
From change.org to the European Citizens Initiative, hundreds of thousands of people are signing e-petitions in support of causes or ideas. How much of a contribution do they make to…
Lunch Hour Lecture: The end of passwords
25 March 2014
Passwords have been used for around 40 years to authenticate people to computer systems, and nowadays on phones and touchscreen devices. This lecture will explain why most people today…
