SOUTHWEST SEMINARS: The Unstoppable Human Species: A Survival Archaeology Perspective on Prehistory

Presented by: Dr. John Shea

Presenter bio: Paleoanthropologist and Professor of Anthropology, Stony Brook University; An expert stoneworker his focus in on the role of stone tools in human evolution and the prehistory of Southwest Asia and Eastern Africa. His demonstrations of stone tool production and use are featured in numerous television documentaries and in the permanent exhibitions at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Author, Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic of the Near East: A Guide; Stone Tools in Human Evolution: Behavioral Differences among Technological Primates; Prehistoric Stone Tools of Eastern Africa: A Guide; and The Unstoppable Human Species: The Emergence of Homo sapiens in Prehistory.