2016 Evolution of Human Cognition Workshop


September 26-30, 2016

Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

 

dmanisi archaeology site

 

JTF logoThe Stone Age Institute, with funding from the John Templeton Foundation, is proud to present an interdisciplinary and international workshop in Tbilisi and Dmanisi on the Evolution of Human Cognition from September 26-30, 2016.

 

Participants from Indiana University, Bloomington:

  • Colin Allen - Cognitive Science, History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
  • Kevin Hunt - Anthropology
  • Jackson Njau - Geology
  • Kathy Schick - Cognitive Science, Geology, and Biology
  • P. Tom Schoenemann - Cognitive Science and Anthropology
  • Peter Todd - Cognitive Science, Psychology, Informatics
  • Nicholas Toth - Cognitive Science, Geology, and Biology

 

Participants from Tanzania:

  • Jackson Njau - Geology, Indiana University
  • Joshua Mwankunda - Engineering, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority

 

Participants from the Republic of Georgia:

  • David Lordkipanidze - Director of the Georgian National Museum
  • Teona Shelia - Archaeology, Georgian National Museum
  • David Zhvania - Archaeology, Georgian National Museum

 

Participants from China:

  • Gao Xing - Paleoanthropology, Dept. Head of Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Guan Ying - Paleoanthropology, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences