Date/Time
Date(s) - September 4, 2024
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Location
LSC 376-378, Lory Student Center

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Anthropology and Geography Seminar: Thaís Pansani, Ph.D.

Wed. Sept. 4, 4:30-6PM
LSC 376-378
Open to the public.

Thaís Pansani, Ph.D. (she/her)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Peopling of the Americas: What are scientists debating?

Abstract: When and how humans first arrived in the Americas has been a hotly debated topic since the 1960s. Today, there is increasing evidence from different approaches (from earth sciences to humanities) on this topic, which promotes the current debate: did humans arrive in North and South America before previously thought? By what routes? Was there more than one wave of human migration? It is essential that archaeologists and paleontologists communicate with each other and with other scientists studying this topic from different perspectives so that we can better understand this fascinating beginning of American prehistory.