| Session | Date | Topic | Presenter | Slides | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 25.10.2017 | Introduction and Overview | Sahle and Bentz | slides01 | outline |
| 03.-05.11.2017 | DFG Center Symposium | ||||
| 02 | 08.11.2017 | Archaeology at the dawn of modern humans | Sahle | slides02 | |
| 03 | 15.11.2017 | The archaeology of modern humans | Sahle | slides03 | |
| 04 | 22.11.2017 | The Out-of-Africa dispersal: An archaeological perspective | Sahle | slides04 | |
| 05 | 29.11.2017 | The Middle-Late Pleistocene fossil record of Africa and Eurasia | Reyes-Centeno | slides05 | |
| 06 | 06.12.2017 | Genomics of modern human origins and dispersals | Reyes-Centeno | slides06 | |
| 07 | 13.12.2017 | Bio-cultural co-evolution and adaptations | Reyes-Centeno | slides07 | |
| 18.12.2017 - 07.01.2018 | Winter break | ||||
| 08 | 10.01.2018 | Adaptive and non-adaptive theories of language evolution | Bentz | slides08 | |
| 09 | 17.01.2018 | Preadaptations to language | Bentz | slides09 | |
| 10 | 24.01.2018 | Interfaces with archaeology and genetics | Bentz | slides10 | |
| 11 | 31.01.2018 | Review and Discussion | Sahle, Reyes-Centeno & Bentz | ||
| 12 | 07.02.2018 | Exam |