Hutton Honors College

The History of Everything:
From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web

Fireside Discussion with Anthropologists
Kathy Schick and Nick Toth of the Stone Age Institute

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 * 7-8:15 p.m. * HHC Building (811 E. Seventh St.) * SIGN-UP REQUIRED
Refreshments and a Door Prize!

Kathy Schick and Nick Toth have been researching "Big History": the evolution of the universe, the earth, life, and the human species. They have created a list of what they believe to be the top 100 events of all time. What would make your list? What are the most important events to have occurred in your lifetime? What are the defining moments—the most important cosmic, terrestrial, biological, and cultural events—of the past 13.7 billion years? Come to this program to share your ideas and hear those of others!

A door prize (a flint handaxe made by Toth using prehistoric techniques of a half-million years ago in the Early Stone Age of Africa, Europe, and the Near East) will be awarded to one lucky guest!

Schick and Toth are the co-directors of the Stone Age Institute in Bloomington, as well as the co-directors of IU's Center for Research on the Anthropological Foundations of Technology (CRAFT) and IU's Human Evolutionary Studies Program. They were co-awarded the IU Distinguished Faculty Research Award in 1997, and in 2000 both were among 50 scientists profiled by the New York Times in Scientists at Work: Profiles of Today's Groundbreaking Scientists. Schick and Toth were also named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2004.

Both Schick and Toth are IU professors of anthropology and cognitive science and Toth is also an adjunct professor of biology. Their research interests include the manufacture and use of stone tools by modern African apes as well as the tools used by early humans in the Paleolithic period. They have co-authored many books and articles.

In conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences' Themester on Evolution, Diversity, and Change, the Stone Age Institute is hosting a free symposium:

Origins: The Evolution of the Universe, the Earth, Life, and the Human Species

Saturday, Oct. 10 * 9 a.m.-4 p.m. * Whittenberger Auditorium of the IMU * No reservation required!

To see the schedule of events, please go here.

Photos From This Event | Fall 2009 Programs | Extracurricular Home