Darwin’s unfinished symphony: How culture made the human mind

When:
January 29, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
2018-01-29T19:00:00+00:00
2018-01-29T20:30:00+00:00
Where:
The Royal Institution
21 Albemarle St
Mayfair, London W1S
UK
Cost:
£16/£10
Contact:
The Royal Institution

How did the human mind—and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture—evolve from its roots in animal behaviour? Kevin Laland will present a captivating new theory of human cognitive evolution. He will reveal how culture is not just the magnificent end product of an evolutionary process that produced a species unlike all others—it is also the key driving force behind that process.