Events

Making Milk: Mongolia’s Unique Role in Dairy’s History

March 6, 2025
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5:00PM - 6:00PM EST
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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Milk is both ancient and enigmatic. First transformed into dairy products over 9,000 years ago in the Near East, its production required the domestication of not only animals, but also microorganisms. Dairy technologies spread across Europe, Africa, and...

Current Research Lightning Talks

February 26, 2025
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4:15PM - 6:30PM EST
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Belfer Case Study Rm., CGIS 020 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Hear what the Science of the Human Past team have been up to in this exciting round of lightning talks! Reception to follow. Can't join us in person? Click here to register for the webinar.

Breakthrough: Ancient DNA illuminates malaria’s impact across human history

November 20, 2024
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4:15PM - 5:30PM EST
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Tsai Auditorium | CGIS South S010
Dr. Megan Michel Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University RESPONDENT Dyann F. Wirth Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health COMMENTS Kyle Harper G.T. and...