January 24-27, 2018 in Poitiers (Espace Mendes-France)
Theme 1: From Cro-Magnon to the Present Day: Peopling, Population Dynamics, Human-Environment Interactions
Invited Speaker: A.R. LINARES, The Genetics of Physical Appearance in Latin America
The discovery of Cro-Magnon 150 years ago led to a drastic revision of humanity’s position within the living world, paving the way for research on the history of peopling and population dynamics. This session will primarily address questions concerning peopling, population continuity/discontinuity, and Human-Environment interactions, through the biological diversity—from DNA to phenotypes—of ancient and current populations (from 200,000 years ago to the present day).
Keywords: microevolution, peopling, population dynamics, (paleo)environment, (paleo)genomics, modeling, morphotype-phenotype
Theme 2: Morphological Variability in Paleoanthropology: New Approaches, New Challenges?
Invited Speaker: M. BASTIR, The significance of the respiratory system for cranial and postcranial skeletal morphology in Neanderthals and modern humans
Paleoanthropology, from the study of the earliest evidence of the human lineage to the study of the species Homo sapiens, is a multi-source discipline, drawing on developments from other fields such as paleontology sensu lato, primatology, paleopathology, auxology, biomechanics, etc.
However, despite a growing fossil record and constantly renewed and/or developing methodologies, our fundamental questions concerning taxonomy and phylogeny, as well as the behaviors of ancient Hominini, encounter difficulties in interpreting the morphological variability of fossil remains. From a broad perspective and taking into account the latest research advances, this theme aims to explore:
- the potential sources of this morphological variability: phylogenetic, ontogenetic or developmental, behavioral, ecological, or more globally environmental,
- the means implemented to characterize this variability: methodologies and concepts (e.g., morphological integration)
- new evolutionary hypotheses linked to a better appreciation of this variability and their implications.
Keywords: fossil Hominini, Primates, mammalian models, taxonomy, phylogeny, paleobiology, sexual dimorphism
Theme 3: Research News
This theme will bring together recent achievements in the discipline, whether they are new discoveries or methodological advances.
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