Presented by VCE Postdoctoral Researcher Brian Kron — Brian is a conservation ecologist interested in human impacts on ecosystems and wildlife, including land use change, climate change, and illegal collection. At VCE he works on modeling the distributions of native species across Vermont to inform biodiversity conservation efforts.

Presented by Nate Dominy (Dartmouth) This talk will explore mounting evidence on the importance of firelight during human evolution, especially the origins of spoken language. Nate is an anthropologist and evolutionary biologist studying the behavior, ecology, and functional morphology of humans and nonhuman primates.