Symposium on Human Origins II, Santa Barbara 2014

The second SOHO meeting was held in Santa Barbara in September. From Oxford Mike Petraglia, Greger Larson, Tom Higham and Katerina Douka were invited to this 2 day meeting on human origins. It was a very enjoyable meeting featuring round table public access discussions and a day of lectures in a beautiful theatre in downtown Santa Barbara.

Pictured above are the participants, left to right; Luke Swetland (CEO, Santa Barbara Museum), Tom Higham, David Meltzer, Curtis Marean (scientific coordinator), Greger Larson, Terry Hunt, Mark Stoneking, Barnard Comrie, Dan Dediu, Ted Goebel, Janet Sands (organiser), Tim Denham, Katerina Douka, Karl Hutterer (organiser), John Johnson (organiser), Ripan Mahli, Mike Petraglia, Mike Waters, Mike Jochim, Jim O'Connell, Eske Willerslev and John Shea.

Here is a video of Tom's presentation on the first day panel discussion at the Santa Barbara museum.