University of Arkansas Researcher to Be Part of Live Chat on Human Origins
Who were the first humans? What do recent findings tell us about how our species evolved? And what new discoveries are changing our thinking about where we came from?
University of Arkansas Distinguished Professor Peter Ungar of the anthropology department will be one of the speakers on Science Live, a weekly chat about the hottest topics in science hosted by Science magazine. He will be joined by William Kimbell, director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University.
The chat will be at 2 p.m. Central Time on Thursday, June 23.
To log onto the chat on Thursday, please visit the Science magazine website.
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Melissa Blouin, Director of science and research communications
University Relations
479-575-3033,
blouin@uark.edu
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