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SciCafe: Mapping the Evolution and Spread of Languages
December 5, 2012
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Human languages first appeared between 30,000 and 100,000 years ago but the question of how languages spread and evolve is still under much investigation. Join Museum curators Peter Whiteley and Ward Wheeler to learn how advanced computational techniques, typically used in genetic analyses, are being repurposed to help understand anthropology, language shifts, and key patterns in human social evolution.
Proudly sponsored by Judy and Josh Weston.
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SciCafe - The Neuroscience of Creativity
June 5, 2013
Musician and surgeon Charles Limb, of the Peabody Conservatory of Music and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, used functional MRI to measure activity in the brains of musicians as they play music, finding deep implications for our understanding of creativity of all kinds.