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Opening Meeting of the 183rd Session (2003-2004)

Prof Manning (left) with Stuart Monro
Prof Manning (left) with Stuart Monro

The Time Line:
a Biologist Contemplates Human History

Professor Aubrey Manning OBE FRSE FIBiol
Emeritus Professor of Natural History
The University of Edinburgh

At the Royal Museum Lecture Theatre,
Chambers Street, Edinburgh
on Monday 24th November 2003, at 7 pm
(Doors open 6:30pm)
Enter by the Lothian Street Door, at the rear of the museum

This lecture will represent one biologist's survey of the emergence and early history of our species. It is based upon his recent introduction to earth science and archaeology through working for the BBC. It can be only a personal selection from a huge variety of topics and phenomena, but will attempt a sequence and hence the title.

Aubrey Manning is a remarkable scientist. In a long and distinguished career he has contributed greatly to the understanding of animal behaviour, has inspired generations of students through his teaching and has become one of this country's foremost science communicators through the medium of television. He is currently presenting a series on BBC2 entitled "Landscape Mysteries". His lecture will represent one biologist's survey of the emergence and early history of our species based on his recent introduction to earth science and archaeology through working with the BBC.

Location of meeting

Society Business

The President, Dr Stuart Monro, will be in the Chair

This is a public lecture.

Graham Rule, Secretary
0131 667 0647
secretary@rssa.org.uk

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