Chris Stringer of The Natural History Museum: Research Leader in Human Origins at the Natural History Museum, and director of the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project.
Chris will set the scene for the day: The story covers the major stages in the evolution of our species and how it framed our physical and mental worlds. Who were these creatures who have been physically identical to use for at least 100,000 and to a large degree 200,000 years but who only invented writing 5,000 years ago?






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