The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Genomic Insights into Human Brain Development, Evolution, and Disease… Arnold Kriegstein Guest lecturer 5 Oct 2026 16:30 to 17:30 Human Evolution in Asia: Morphological and Molecular Biological Evidence… Yousuke Kaifu Guest lecturer 6 Oct 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Not recorded The Origin of Cortical Interneurons in Human Brain Development Arnold Kriegstein Guest lecturer 7 Oct 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Genomic Insights into Cortical Expansion and Language Function Arnold Kriegstein Guest lecturer 12 Oct 2026 16:30 to 17:30 Paleolithic Origins of Seafaring: Theoretical, Simulation, and Experime… Yousuke Kaifu Guest lecturer 13 Oct 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Not recorded Developing a Cell-Based Therapy for Medically Intractable Epilepsy… Arnold Kriegstein Guest lecturer 14 Oct 2026 16:30 to 17:30 Is a woman just another prehistoric human? (1) Jean-Jacques Hublin Lecture 6 Jan 2027 17:00 to 18:30 High turnout Is a woman just another prehistoric human? (2) Jean-Jacques Hublin Lecture 13 Jan 2027 17:00 to 18:30 High turnout Is a woman just another prehistoric human? (3) Jean-Jacques Hublin Lecture 20 Jan 2027 17:00 to 18:30 High turnout Is a woman just another prehistoric human? (4) Jean-Jacques Hublin Lecture 27 Jan 2027 17:00 to 18:30 High turnout Is a woman just another prehistoric human like the rest? (1) Jean-Jacques Hublin Symposium 10 Jun 2027 09:00 to 18:00 Next 27 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (13) Seminar (3) Symposium (9) Opening lecture (2) Academic year Academic year 2026 - 2027 (2) 2025 - 2026 (3) 2024 - 2025 (2) 2023 - 2024 (2) 2022 - 2023 (2) 2021 - 2022 (3) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (1) 2018 - 2019 (2) 2017 - 2018 (2) 2016 - 2017 (2) 2015 - 2016 (2) 2014 - 2015 (3) 2026 - 2027 Is a woman just another prehistoric human like the rest? Jean-Jacques Hublin 06 Jan 2027 → 27 Jan 2027 High turnout Lecture 06 Jan 2027 → 27 Jan 2027 Is a woman just another prehistoric human like the rest? (1) Jean-Jacques Hublin 10 Jun 2027 09:00 - 18:00 Symposium Is a woman just another prehistoric human like the rest? Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site 10 Jun 2027 09:00 - 18:00 2025 - 2026 Journée François Jacob - The Living Clock: Biology in the Flow of Time Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Hugues de Thé, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Denis Duboule 03 Dec 2025 Symposium 03 Dec 2025 Sapiens replaces Neanderthal Jean-Jacques Hublin 07 Jan 2026 → 16 Feb 2026 High turnout Lecture 07 Jan 2026 → 16 Feb 2026 From the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic: Questioning the Transition Jean-Jacques Hublin 16 Jun 2026 Symposium 16 Jun 2026 2024 - 2025 Death in prehistory Jean-Jacques Hublin 25 Nov 2024 → 16 Dec 2024 Lecture 25 Nov 2024 → 16 Dec 2024 Traces of death, traces of meaning in prehistory Jean-Jacques Hublin 04 Jun 2025 Symposium 04 Jun 2025 2023 - 2024 Fossil chemistry Jean-Jacques Hublin 23 Nov 2023 → 14 Dec 2023 Lecture 23 Nov 2023 → 14 Dec 2023 Human movement from the origins to the Olympics Jean-Jacques Hublin, Alain Berthoz 01 Jul 2024 → 02 Jul 2024 Symposium 01 Jul 2024 → 02 Jul 2024 2022 - 2023 Reproduction and demography in Hominins Jean-Jacques Hublin 03 Nov 2022 → 15 Dec 2022 Lecture 03 Nov 2022 → 15 Dec 2022 Les héritiers de Lucy / Lucy's Heirs Jean-Jacques Hublin 15 Jun 2023 → 16 Jun 2023 Symposium 15 Jun 2023 → 16 Jun 2023 2021 - 2022 Homo sapiens, an invasive species Jean-Jacques Hublin 13 Jan 2022 18:00 - 19:00 Opening lecture Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site 13 Jan 2022 18:00 - 19:00 Hominin speciation and extinction Jean-Jacques Hublin 26 Jan 2022 → 09 Mar 2022 Lecture 26 Jan 2022 → 09 Mar 2022 Images of fossil man Jean-Jacques Hublin 17 Jun 2022 Symposium 17 Jun 2022 2020 - 2021 Before men... Jean-Jacques Hublin 13 Oct 2020 → 24 Nov 2020 Lecture 13 Oct 2020 → 24 Nov 2020 2019 - 2020 Paleoanthropology of Asia : ex Asia semper aliquid novi Jean-Jacques Hublin 01 Oct 2019 → 19 Nov 2019 Lecture 01 Oct 2019 → 19 Nov 2019 2018 - 2019 Predator Man Jean-Jacques Hublin 30 Oct 2018 → 04 Dec 2018 Lecture 30 Oct 2018 → 04 Dec 2018 Prehistory and human evolution in North Africa Jean-Jacques Hublin 14 Jun 2019 Symposium 14 Jun 2019 2017 - 2018 Lifestyle traits and energy constraints in the course of human evolution Jean-Jacques Hublin 10 Oct 2017 → 05 Dec 2017 Lecture 10 Oct 2017 → 05 Dec 2017 Energetics of the Hominins Jean-Jacques Hublin 11 Jun 2018 → 12 Jun 2018 Symposium 11 Jun 2018 → 12 Jun 2018 2016 - 2017 Homo sapiens : the orphan species Jean-Jacques Hublin 04 Oct 2016 → 13 Dec 2016 Lecture 04 Oct 2016 → 13 Dec 2016 Homo sapiens : the orphan species Jean-Jacques Hublin 04 Oct 2016 → 13 Dec 2016 Seminar 04 Oct 2016 → 13 Dec 2016 2015 - 2016 Neanderthals and Denisovans Jean-Jacques Hublin 06 Oct 2015 → 24 Nov 2015 Lecture 06 Oct 2015 → 24 Nov 2015 Neanderthals and Denisovans Jean-Jacques Hublin 06 Oct 2015 → 24 Nov 2015 Seminar 06 Oct 2015 → 24 Nov 2015 2014 - 2015 Culture biology Jean-Jacques Hublin 08 Oct 2014 17:00 - 18:00 Opening lecture Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site 08 Oct 2014 17:00 - 18:00 The first trip out of Africa Jean-Jacques Hublin 14 Oct 2014 → 25 Nov 2014 Lecture 14 Oct 2014 → 25 Nov 2014 The first trip out of Africa Jean-Jacques Hublin 14 Oct 2014 → 25 Nov 2014 Seminar 14 Oct 2014 → 25 Nov 2014