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ProgrammeWednesday Thursday 9th May Day 10815-0825 Welcome Peter Rhys Evans0825-0845 Hominin Evolution Revisited (A tribute to Prof. Phillip Tobias) Michael Crawford0845-0920 Human Evolution and Migration and the Roles of Water Bodies Stephen Oppenheimer0920-0940 Why neither the Savannah nor the Aquatic Hypotheses holds Water John Langdon0940-1000 Coastal adaptations, complex topography, and submerged landscapes: an archaeological perspective on human dispersal Geoff Bailey1000-1020 The Palaeoecology of Human Evolution Stephen Munro1020-1040 Discussion1040-1110 Coffee1110-1130 Coastal Migration of Land-Based Mammals Javier Caraveo-Pati&#241;o1130-1150 The Wading Hypothesis and the Evolution of Human Bipedality Algis Kuliukas1150-1210 Homo litoralis: Pleistocene Diaspora along Coasts and Rivers Marc Verhaegen1210-1230 Specialisations for Diving Animal Species Andreas Fahlman1230-1300 Discussion1300-1400 Lunch and Poster Display1400-1420 Lucy, the Australopithecines and Early Bipedal Apes Donald Johanson1420-1440 Exploitation of Environmental Resources Leigh Broadhurst1440-1500 Neanderthals and their Demise Clive Finlayson1500-1520 Evidence from the Seabed for Hominin Occupation of the Coastal Zones throughout the last Million Years Nic Flemming1520-1540 Discussion1540-1610 Tea1610-Moderator: Michael Crawford1610-1630 African Origins and Human Dispersals Martha Lahr1630-1650 Happisburgh and European Coastal Settlements Nick Ashton1650-1710 The Archaeology of Multiple Hominin Dispersals across Southern Asia Michael Petraglia1710-1730 Who were the First Americans? Dennis Stanford1730-1800 Discussion1800 CloseFriday 10 May 2013&#160; Evolution0830-0900 Introduction Sir David Attenborough0900-0920 Nature&#8217;s Great Experiment: The Evolution and Development of the Human Larynx Jeffrey Laitman0920-0940 Human Breath-Hold Diving Ability Erika Schagatay0940-1000 The Origin of Speech Marc Verhaegen &#38; Mario Vaneechoutte1000-1020 The Darwinian Evolution of Speech &#8211;From Near Incipient Vernaculars to Modern Languages Bernard Bichakjian1020-1040 Aural Exostoses Provide Hard Evidence of Man&#8217;s Aquatic Past Peter Rhys-Evans1040-1100 Discussion1100-1120 Coffee1120-1140 Unique Homo Characteristics &#8211; Are they Compatible with a Semi-Aquatic Past? Mario Vaneechoutte1140-1200 Aquatic Reflexes in Newborn Humans Dirk Meijers1200-1220 Dental Micro-wear and Diet: the Role of Geographic and Cultural Contexts in Human Evolution Pierre-Fran&#231;ois Puech1220-1240 Visual Adaptations to Aquatic Lifestyle Anna Gisl&#233;n1240-1300 Discussion1300-1400 Lunch1400-1420 Pregnancy and Neonates Michel Odent1420-1440 Survival of the Fattest Stephen Cunnane1440-1500 Nutrition and Development of the Brain Michael Crawford1500-1520 Aquatic Foods and Fuelling the Hominin Brain Kathlyn Stewart1520-1540 Human Brain Changes Resulting From the Aquatic Phase in Human History Brunetto Chiarelli1540-1600 Discussion1600-1620 Tea1620-1640 The Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century Sir David King1640-1700 Environment, Nutrition and Cancer Dame Valerie Beral1700-1720 Poverty and Global Nutrition Crisis Kebreab Ghebremeskel1720-1740 Discussion1740-1800 Poster Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks