5:15 - 5:45pm
Symposium

The Intermittent Evidence for Fire in Neandertal Sites Means They Were not Obligate Fire Users

Shannon McPherron
Energetics of the Hominins
5:15 - 5:45pm
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Speaker(s)

    Shannon McPherron

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

    Events

    Opening Remarks
    Jean-Jacques Hublin

    Symposium
    9:15 - 9:45am

    The Expensive Brain: Predictions and Comparative Tests
    Carel P. van Schaik

    Symposium
    9:45 - 10:15am

    Brain Energetics and the Evolution of Human Childhood
    Christopher Kuzawa

    Symposium
    10:45 - 11:15am

    Growing Up Fast but Maturing Slowly: A Uniquely Human Pattern of Development
    Philipp Gunz

    Symposium
    11:15 - 11:45am

    Born to Walk, Run and Rest: The Evolution of Locomotor Energetics in Homo
    Daniel Lieberman

    Symposium
    1:30 - 2:00pm

    Reproductive Energetics in Primates
    Cécile Garcia

    Symposium
    2:00 - 2:30pm

    Neandertal Energetic Ecology, Reproduction, and Demography
    Steven E. Churchill

    Symposium
    2:30 - 3:00pm

    Metabolic Acceleration in the Genus Homo: Brains, Babies, and Bipedalism
    Herman Pontzer

    Symposium
    3:00 - 3:30pm

    The Costs of Fire
    Amanda Henry

    Symposium
    4:15 - 4:45pm

    Traces of Fire Use in Pleistocene Europe: Patterns and Interpretations
    Wil Roebroeks

    Symposium
    4:45 - 5:15pm
    Not recorded

    The Intermittent Evidence for Fire in Neandertal Sites Means They Were not Obligate Fire Users
    Shannon McPherron

    Symposium
    5:15 - 5:45pm

    40 Years of Investigation on Ancient Hominin Diets through Isotope Studies: Limits and …
    Klervia Jaouen

    Symposium
    9:00 - 9:30am

    Partners in Chyme: Hominin-Microbial Interactions in Energy Acquisition
    Rachel N. Carmody

    Symposium
    9:30 - 9:45am

    Energy Cost and Gain from Prey Acquisition and Food Processing during the Palaeolithic
    Camille Daujeard

    Symposium
    9:45 - 10:15am

    Mitigating the Metabolic and Other Costs of a Largely Meat-Based Neanderthal Diet
    John Speth

    Symposium
    10:45 - 11:15am

    Coping with Prey Seasonal Fluctuations: A Year in the Life of Paleolithic Hunters
    William Rendu

    Symposium
    11:15 - 11:45am

    General Discussion-Closing Remarks
    Jean-Jacques Hublin

    Symposium
    11:45am - 12:00pm

    See also

    Jean-Jacques Hublin, chair Paleoanthropology of the Homo genus
    Energetics of the Hominins