Homo sapiens in Rome
Until February 12 the Pallzzo delle Esposizioni in Rome hosts the international interactive exhibition Homo sapiens. The huge story of human diversity, curated by geneticist Luigi Lucca Cavalli-Sforza and philosopher Pievani Telmo. The exhibition is an open dialogue to rethink human development process, starting with the first footsteps and continuing with the appearances of different ancestors of what we humans we are today.

This exhibition is enormously appealing to all audiences and is divided into 6 sections telling and expressing the tensions that marked the emergence of homo sapiens on earth.
The first section is “The Supremacy of Africa” and refers to the time that the Homo sapiens was the only human inhabitant for more than 2 million years and is separated from the previous records due to their ability to create and build rudimentary tools that allowed them to be differentiated from other species. This was possible due to a larger head and it will mark the beginning of the appearance of Homo, the beginning of the Paleolithic era that will be defined by the material record imprints found of this ancestor of mankind.
The second section “Loneliness” is a recent invention and refers to the appearance after the Homo sapiens, who decided to move along walking hundreds of miles in a continent full of species, to contact their Neandertal cousins, the little flower man from and the mysterious Denisova man from Siberia.
The third section is “The Geniuses, people & languages ??and it moves us 40 thousand years into the past, when revolution comes and Paleolithic man develops sophisticated tools for a better living, such as the use of fire for cooking and heating. Parallelly Australia and America arecolonized , this is justified by scientific research that have determined the anthropological, genetic, and linguistic relationship.
The fourth section “Traces of the world” invites us to look at the process of domination of nature, the use of land, plants and animals, which will lead man to new situations such as conflict and migration in search of new products and land.
Section five: Italy unity in diversity, takes a look at the special status that makes Italy a place of intersection of biological and cultural diversity, both of which will contribute to the evolution of people and the early appearance of language.
Section six, we are all relatives,we are all different: the intertwined roots of civilization, is a logical development of this interesting exhibition that introduces us to realize that beyond the skin color, language differences, religious or political our origin is only one.
For more information: http://www.palazzoesposizioni.it/categorie/mostra-008?explicit=SI
A great alternative to start the year with good vibes is to rent apartments in Rome and visit the Palazzo delle Esposizioni to see this show.
Translated by: Marc
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