| Session | Date | Topic | Presenter | Slides | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Oct 22, 2018 | Introduction and Overview | Sahle, Reyes-Centeno and Bentz | slides01 | outline |
| 02 | Oct 29, 2018 | Archaeology at the dawn of modern humans | Sahle | slides02 | |
| 03 | Nov 5, 2018 | The archaeology of modern humans | Sahle | slides03 | |
| 04 | Nov 12, 2018 | The Out-of-Africa dispersal: An archaeological perspective | Sahle | slides04 | |
| 05 | Nov 19, 2018 | The Middle-Late Pleistocene fossil record of Africa and Eurasia | Reyes-Centeno | slides05 | |
| 06 | Nov 26, 2018 | Genomics of modern human origins and dispersals | Reyes-Centeno | slides06 | |
| 07 | Dec 3 | Bio-cultural co-evolution and adaptations | Reyes-Centeno | slides07 | |
| Dec 13-16, 2018 | DFG Center Symposium "Ancient connections in Eurasia" | ||||
| Dec 22 - Jan 6 | Winter break | ||||
| 08 | Jan 7, 2018 | Adaptive and non-adaptive theories of language evolution | Bentz | slides08 | |
| 09 | Jan 14, 2018 | Preadaptations to language | Bentz | slides09 | |
| 10 | Jan 21, 2018 | Interfaces with archaeology and palaeoanthropology | Bentz | slides10 | |
| 11 | Jan 26 | Review and Discussion | Sahle, Reyes-Centeno & Bentz | slides11 | |
| 12 | Feb 04, 2018 | Exam |