Evolution of Human Nature Panel at the Boston Public Library

The Boston Public Library is proud to host a panel on the evolution of human nature. The panelists include:

Lisa Feldman Barret, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University Author of, “How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain.”

Nathan H. Lents, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, John Jay College, the City University of New York Author of, “Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes.”

Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Brown University
Author of, “The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will.”

The event will be moderated by Deborah Blum, Director, Knight Science Journalism program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Winner, 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting Author of, “The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York.”