Thursday: Registration desk is open from 4 pm to 7:30 pm on the Mezzanine of the Indiana Memorial Union just up the stairs from the IMU Hotel lobby (there will be signs directing you to the desk). You may pick up your registration packet during this time, or register on-site for those who have not yet registered..

Friday: Registration desk is open from 7:30 to 4:30 pm in front of Whittenberger Auditorium on the first floor of the Indiana Memorial Union. You may pick up your registration packet during this time or register on-site.

Continental breakfast selections and beverages will be available in the Georgian Room of the IMU (1st floor, next to Whittenberger Auditorium), starting on Friday at 7:30 am and on Saturday at 7 am, for those registered for the symposium.

Click on the links below to find:

the symposium program with a downloadable pdf

general information regarding the symposium

the overall schedule

a link to online registration

hotel information

ground transport information and links

Bloomington information links

a list of symposium participants

a downloadable pdf of titles and abstracts

a downloadable poster for the symposium

THE HUMAN BRAIN EVOLVING:

PAPERS IN HONOR OF RALPH L. HOLLOWAY

This international symposium on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington will feature two days of presentations by major researchers on diverse aspects of brain evolution in honor of Professor Ralph L. Holloway of Columbia University. The range of specialties among the presenters and discussants from across the U.S. and abroad include paleoneurology, human paleontology, archaeology, primatology, and cognitive science. Registration for this symposium is open to the general public, students, and faculty. Those registering by April 13th will receive the discounted registration rate.

Registration cost for the two-day symposium is $50 for professionals/general public and $25 for students for those registering by April 13th. After April 13th, registration is $60 for professionals/general public and $35 for students. There are special events Friday night (dinner and entertainment) and Saturday night (limited-seating reception and dinner at the Stone Age Institute) for which you can register as well. A welcome and reception for all participants and registrants will be held on Thursday evening, April 26th, within the Indiana Memorial Union.

OVERALL SCHEDULE FOR THE 2007 SYMPOSIUM

(Please note: All the events below will be held within the Indiana Memorial Union, with the exception of the Stone Age Institute dinner on Saturday evening):

Thursday, April 26th: Arrival
Thursday, April 26th evening: Informal reception
Friday, April 27th: Morning and afternoon sessions
Friday, April 27th evening: Dinner and entertainment (special registration required)
Saturday, April 28th: Morning and afternoon sessions
Saturday, April 28th evening: Dinner at the Stone Age Institute (special registration required)
Sunday, April 29th: Departure

REGISTRATION

Online registration for this symposium is available through IU Conferences at the link below.

Please remember:

The April 13th deadline for the discounted, 'early bird' rate for registering for the Symposium!!
The IMU hotel block will be held until April 13th and then released to the general public!!

The link for online registration:

http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=860 (link to online registration for "The Human Brain Evolving")

To download a pdf of general information regarding registration for this symposium, please click this link: The Human Brain Evolving registration information,

[Please note that online registration is preferred. If you require a hard copy to fill out and mail, a printable registration form is available at this link, The Human Brain Evolving printable registration form, to send in if online registration is not possible].

ROOM RESERVATIONS

A block of rooms has been reserved for symposium registrants in the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Hotel on the Indiana University campus. (The IMU Hotel web site, located at http://www.imu.indiana.edu/hotel/index.shtml, will give you further information on the Indiana Memorial Union and its hotel). Note that all events except the Saturday night dinner are held within the Indiana Memorial Union.

This block of IMU Hotel rooms has been reserved for our symposium from Thursday afternoon, April 26th through Saturday night, April 28th (check-out, Sunday morning, April 29th). This block will be held until April 13th; after that date these rooms will be released to the general public.

An informal welcome reception will be held within the Indiana Memorial Union for symposium registrants and participants on Thursday evening, April 26th, and symposium sessions will be held in Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union starting Friday morning, April 27th. Transport to the Saturday night dinner at the Stone Age Institute will leave from and return to the Indiana Memorial Union Hotel.

Please call the IMU Hotel reservations desk to reserve your room at 1-800-209-8145 and ask for rooms in the block reserved (until April 13th) for the Stone Age Institute symposium, "The Human Brain Evolving."

Information for the IMU Hotel:

Guest Rooms Reservations Number: 800-209-8145

Fax: 812 855-3426

Hotel Switchboard: 812 856-6381

IMU Hotel email address: imuhotel@indiana.edu

IMU Hotel Address: 900 East 7^th St, Bloomington, IN 47405

Check in Time: 4:00pm

Check out Time: 1:00pm

For more information regarding the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) Hotel on the Indiana University campus as well as other hotels in proximity to the campus, download the printable pdf file, lodging information. For further information on Bloomington, you may also wish to consult the web site http://www.visitbloomington.com/listings. (This site will also provide information on other area hotels, but which are located at greater distances from campus and may entail driving and parking).

GROUND TRANSPORT AND LOCAL INFORMATION

Please note that the Indianapolis International Airport (airport code IND) is the closest airport serving Bloomington, Indiana. Travel time from the Indianapolis airport to the Indiana Memorial Union hotel in Bloomington is approximately one hour. There are shuttle and limousine services available between the airport and Bloomington. You may consult the following links for further information:

Bloomington Shuttle: http://www.bloomingtonshuttle.com/airport.html

Classic Touch Limousine (the IMU and central Bloomington are in Zone A on their rate sheet page): http://www.classictouchlimo.com/airport.html

For more information about Bloomington, the IU campus, local weather, etc. you may download a pdf file about Bloomington and consult the web site mentioned above, http://www.visitbloomington.com/listings.

SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS

Participants in "The Human Brain Evolving" symposium include:

Discussants:

Leslie Aiello (Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York)

William Kimbel (Arizona State University/Institute of Human Origins)

Presenters:

John Allen (University of Southern California)

Douglas Broadfield (Florida Atlantic University)

Emiliano Bruner (University La Sapienza, Rome)

Daniel Buxhoeveden (University of South Carolina)

Terrence Deacon (UC Berkeley)

Dominique Grimaud-Herve (Musee Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris)

J.W.K. Harris (Rutgers University)

Ralph Holloway (Columbia University)

Jason Kaufman (California Institute of Technology)

Bruce Lahn (University of Chicago)

Alan Mann (Princeton University)

Robert Martin (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago)

Todd Preuss (Emory University)

James Rilling (Emory University)

Mohamed Sahnouni (Stone Age Institute)

Duane Rumbaugh (Great Ape Trust)

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh (Great Ape Trust)

Kathy Schick (Indiana University/Stone Age Institute)

Tom Schoenemann (University of Michigan, Dearborn)

Sileshi Semaw (Stone Age Institute)

Katerina Semendeferi (UC San Diego)

Chet Sherwood (George Washington University)

Scott Simpson (Case Western Reserve University)

Dietrich Stout (Institute of Archaeology, London)

Francys Subiaul (George Washington University)

Nicholas Toth (Indiana University/Stone Age Institute)

Anne Weaver (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Michael Yuan (Columbia University)

SYMPOSIUM TITLES AND ABSTRACTS

To download a pdf of presentation titles and abstracts, please click on this link:

Abstracts for The Human Brain Evolving Symposium

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

The Symposium program can be viewed at this link.

To download a pdf of the program of the Symposium, click on the link below.

The Human Brain Evolving Symposium Program

SYMPOSIUM POSTER

To download a poster for this symposium to print or email to others, click on the link below. Please post and/or distribute these to your students, colleagues, and others.

The Human Brain Evolving Symposium Poster

November 2006 Event!

2006 Leighton A. Wilkie Memorial Lecture

Distinguished Lecture in Human Origins Studies

Professor David Lordkipanidze

Director of the National Museum, Republic of Georgia

“The First Humans Outside of Africa: Evidence at 1.8 Million Years Ago from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia"

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006, 12:00 Noon Whittenberger Auditorium, Indiana Memorial Union, IU Bloomington

Sponsored by the Stone Age Institute

** Free Admission **

David Lordkipanidze will be speaking on the fantastic site of Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia (between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea) that has revolutionized our ideas about the spread of hominids out of Africa. As the paleoanthropologist directing the Dmanisi project and excavations, he and his international team of scientists are providing exciting new fossil discoveries showing surprisingly early occupation of Eurasia by 1.8 million years ago. Several complete hominid skulls have already been excavated, showing their primitive nature (with brains about half the size of modern humans) and a remarkable range of variation among individuals. This site has also produced thousands of fossil animal bones of extinct species and primitive stone tools.

For more information on Professor Lordkipanidze and his research at this important and fascinating site, please visit:

http://www.rolexawards.com/laureates/laureate-82-lordkipanidze.html (Rolex Enterprise Awards web site)

http://www.dmanisi.org.ge/ (Dmanisi Project web site)

Professor David Lordkipanidze

One of the Dmanisi skulls and reconstruction of the hominid:

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The Stone Age Institute, in collaboration with the CRAFT Research Center at Indiana University, hosts a number of events every year for the University and general public. These include:

The Leighton A. Wilkie Memorial Lecture on Human Origins Research, which brings in noted authorities in human evolutionary studies

The Craftsmanship Lecture Series, which features world-class artisans from diverse backgrounds (e.g., blacksmiths, authors, filmmakers, musicians, beer-makers, vintners, inventors, and dry-stone masons) to discuss their crafts from a personal perspective, often with practical demonstrations or performances illustrating their craft in addition to more formal lectures.

An ongoing lecture and bag lunch series on a range of topics involving scholars from around the world as well as the Bloomington community

Special events (conferences, symposia, and workshops). We have initiated an annual conference series on selected topics of critical interest to human origins studies:

*Upcoming Event, April 28th and 29th, 2007: "The Human Brain Evolving: A Symposium in Honor of Ralph Holloway." This symposium on the Indiana University campus, Bloomington, will feature two days of presentations by major researchers in aspects of brain evolution in honor of Professor Ralph Holloway of Columbia University. Registration for this symposium will be open to the general public, students, and faculty. Information and links for registration will be provided here soon.

The inaugural conference in 2004 was organized as a tribute to C.K. “Bob” Brain, a leading paleoanthropologist from South Africa. Proceedings from these conferences will be published by the Stone Age Institute Press.

Leighton A. Wilkie Memorial Lecture and
CRAFT & Stone Age Institute Award
for Outstanding Research into Human Origins

This award is presented to individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to human evolutionary studies. Recipients are invited to give a talk on their work and receive an engraved plaque from the Stone Age Institute and CRAFT.

Leighton A. Wilkie (1900-1993) was an inventor and tool-maker. About 70 years ago he invented the metal-cutting band saw (contour band machine), considered to be one of the seven basic machine tools. He founded the DoALL Company in Des Plaines, Illinois, which produces a range of modern machine tools.

Leighton had a passion for human origins, in particular the evolution of human technology. Under his early sponsorship, Jane Goodall was able to mount her first expedition to Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees at Gombe Reserve, a study which first documented for the world ape tool-making and tool-using. She name one of the most proficient tool-using chimpanzees �Wilkie� after her sponsor. Leighton also supported the research of Raymond Dart in South Africa and of Louis and Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge.

We would like to acknowledge our personal gratitude to Leighton Wilkie and his family, who shared our vision for the CRAFT Research Center and the Stone Age Insitute and was an early supporter of our mission. His library on human origins and technology and his artifact collection are invaluable additions to the Stone Age Institute. Our distinguished lecture series in his honor is a lasting memory of his interest and support of Stone Age studies. Past recipients of the Outstanding Research Award are listed below:

1991 Kanzi and the Language Research Center, Georgia State University
1992 Mary Leakey, National Museums of Kenya and Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
1993 Jane Goodall, Jane Goodall Institute, Tucson, Arizona and Gombe Reserve, Tanzania
1994 J. Desmond Clark, University of California, Berkeley
1995 William McGrew, Miami University, Ohio
1996 F. Clark Howell, University of California, Berkeley
1997 Richard Klein, Stanford University
1998 Jean Clottes and Robert Begouen, Begouen Association, France
1998 Lorraine Copeland, Chateau de Marouatte, France
1999 Frank Brown, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
2000 Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Georgia State University
2001 Harold Dibble, University of Pennsylvania
2002 Ralph Holloway, Columbia University
2003 Ron Clarke, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
2004 C.K. "Bob" Brain, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
2005 Alan Walker, The Pennsylvania State University
2005 Pat Shipman, The Pennsylvania State University
2006 Duane Rumbaugh, Great Ape Trust, Des Moines Iowa
2006 David Lordkipanidze, National Museum, Republic of Georgia, Tbilisi

Craftsmanship Award

This award is given to world class artisans from a wide variety of backgrounds, to celebrate the highest levels of craftsmanship. Recipients are invited to give a talk on their work and recieve an engraved plaque from the Stone Age Institute and CRAFT.

1994 Seymour Duncan, guitar maker, "The Archaeology of the Electric Guitar"
1995 Fritz Maytag, brewmaster, "Strange Brew: Experiments in Sumerian Beer-making"
1996 Brian Anderson, blacksmith, "Forging into Our Past: Making Ancient Sword-blades"
1998 John Raitt, Broadway legend, "A Musical Autobiography"
1999 Bill and Kathleen Oliver, winemakers, "A Tour of the Oliver Winery"
2000 Bill Kimberlin, digital effects, Lucasfilm, "Special Effects in the Cinema"
2000 Kenny Aronoff, drummer, "An Evening with Kenny Aronoff"
2001 Bill Cook, medical device manufacturer, "The History of Medical Devices"
2002 Jean Auel, author, Clan of the Cave Bear, "An Evening with Jean Auel"
2003 Mark Martin, master stonemason, "Dry Stone Masonry and Architecture"

Leighton A. Wilkie Memorial Lecture andCRAFT & Stone Age Institute Awardfor Outstanding Research into Human Origins

Craftsmanship Award

Leighton A. Wilkie Memorial Lecture and
CRAFT & Stone Age Institute Award
for Outstanding Research into Human Origins