Language, art, music and culture emerged in Africa over 100,000 years ago, culminating in a symbolic explosion or ‘human revolution’ whose echoes can still be heard in myths and cultural traditions from around the world. These talks are a general introduction to social and biological anthropology, ranging over fields as diverse as hunter-gatherer studies, mythology, primatology, archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Radical Anthropology brings indigenous rights activists, environmentalists, feminists and others striving for a better world together with people of all ages who just want to learn about anthropology.

Radical Anthropology talks will be back Tuesday evenings from Sept 29, 6:30pm start. LIVE in Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW. ZOOM ID 948 6108 7055, passcode Wawilak

Please check out our Vimeo channel for any talks you missed https://vimeo.com/user33365184

Sept 29 The science of mythology: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ and other tales Chris Knight

Oct 6 The sex-strike theory of human origins Chris Knight and Camilla Power

Oct 13 The fire of the Jaguar: Problems with perspectivism Chris Knight

Oct 20 21st century sex strikes, social reproduction struggles and liberal feminism Valya Marinova

Oct 27 Still ‘In Search of the Neanderthals’ Chris Stringer (NB venue is G6 Archaeology Institute, 31-34 Gordon Sq)

Nov 3 Associations between receipt of social support and women’s health outcomes in five contexts Anushe Hassan

Nov 10 Reading Week special event 10:45-18:00 What made us ‘hunter-gatherers of words’ UCL workshop/book launch for The Revolutionary Origins of Language

Nov 17 Neanderthal people as domestic and monumental engineers Matt Pope

Nov 24 The lunar and menstrual cosmology of the Hadzabe Camilla Power

Dec 1 Matrilineality and Power Rachel Pope

Dec 8 The trouble with tribalism: Jordan’s Bedouin, social media and the margins of the state Geoff Hughes

Dec 15 A Xmas fairytale: The Shoes that were danced to pieces Chris Knight