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Date: Thu, 22nd June 2023
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Dorset Museum, Dorchester
Phone: 01305 262735
Email: enquiries@dorsetmuseum.org
Booking Required: Yes
Price: ££10 per adult ticket
ORIGINS: How the Earth Shaped Human History by Professor Lewis Dartnell
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When we talk about human history, we focus on great leaders, revolutions, and technological advances. But how has the Earth itself determined our destiny? How has our planet made us?
As a species we are shaped by our environment. Geological forces drove our evolution in East Africa; mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece; and today voting behaviour in the United States follows the bed of an ancient sea. The human story is the story of these forces, from plate tectonics and climate change, to atmospheric circulation and ocean currents.
By taking us through millennia of human history, and billions of years into our planet’s past, Professor Lewis Dartnell tells us the ultimate origin story. When we reach the point where history becomes science we see a vast web of connections that underwrites our modern world and helps us face the challenges of the future.
From the cultivation of the first crops to the founding of modern states, Dartnell will discuss the Earth’s awesome impact on the shape of human civilizations.
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Dorset Museum (View more Events at this Location)High West Street , Dorchester, England, DT1 1XA United Kingdom
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