DARWIN DAY ROME 2014

Date: 15-Febuary-2014
Location: Rome, Italy 
Meeting URL: https://sites.google.com/site/darwinday2014roma/home

ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE

Organized by:
National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography ‘‘L. Pigorini’’, Rome
Roma Tre University, Department of Philosophy, Communication and Visual Arts

PROGRAM
Venue: National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography ‘‘L. Pigorini’’
Address: Piazza G. Marconi 14, Rome
Date: 15th February
Room: “Sala conferenze”

16.00 Opening
16.10 IAN TATTERSALL (American Museum of Natural History, New York)
Becoming Human
16.50 DAN SPERBER (CEO Budapest – Institute Jean Nicod Parigi)
A che cosa serve il linguaggio: una prospettiva evoluzionistica

17:30 Discussion

17.50 TECUMSEH FITCH (University of Vienna)
Musical Protolanguage: Darwin's Theory of Language Evolution
18.30 DAVID FRAYER (University of Kansas)
Language in Neandertals?

19:10 Discussion e conclusions

Scientific coordination:
Luca Bondioli (“Pigorini” Museum – Section of Anthropology)
Francesco Ferretti (Roma Tre University – Dep. Philosophy, Communication and Visual Arts)

Organizing Secretary:
Ines Adornetti
Alessandra Chiera
Alessia Nava
Serena Nicchiarelli
Prisca Solaini
Alessandra Sperduti
Serena Vaccaro