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Nina Jablonski
(Penn State)
Homo sapiens 2007: primate senses, technology and the meaning of humanness
Thu Sep 20 at 04:00PM in Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building
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This talk is part of the Rock Ethics Institute's 2007/2008 Lecture Series: Who owns our species? Past, present and future
Abstract
The complexities of human communication today are made possible by highly evolved senses and a very large brain, which are the products of millions of years of evolution in the primate lineage. Over time, humans have dramatically enhanced their abilities to store information outside of their bodies and to manipulate and exchange this information. These abilities present society with new challenges, including how we define human individuality, and how we regulate the production and exchange of information, including graphic imagery. This lecture will explore the fundamental question of how humans, with their complement of primate senses and communications skills, deal with the emergent properties of new systems of communication and information exchange.
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