In Conversation: Donald Johanson and Carl Zimmer
At the 92nd Street Y, New York City
Connecting the Human Past to the Global Future
A Lucy 50th Anniversary Event
Thursday, November 14, 2024
VIP Reception 5:30 pm
Conversation 7:00 pm
THREE ways to purchase tickets for this event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City—
VIP Reception tickets are $200 per person and include food and beverages, plus an opportunity to meet Donald Johanson and Carl Zimmer prior to the onstage conversation and preferred seating. A portion of your ticket may include a charitable contribution to benefit Lucy 50th Anniversary public education and outreach programs. See the Eventbrite ticket website for details.
General Admission tickets begin at $25 per person and must be purchased through the 92nd Street Y online Box Office.
Online viewing is offered by the 92nd Street Y and may be purchased through the 92nd Street Y online Box Office.
You are invited to join the Institute of Human Origins (IHO) Research Council and IHO Director and Professor Yohannes Haile-Selassie for a lively and engaging evening on stage at the famed 92nd Street Y in New York City. Cocktails and conversation will be followed by the evening’s presentation.
Join Donald Johanson, Founding Director of the Institute of Human Origins, in conversation with New York Times columnist and author Carl Zimmer on the last 50 years of discoveries of our origins on Earth and our responsibility to protect its future.
This year marks 50 years since Johanson’s discovery of the famous fossil “Lucy” in the badlands of the Afar region of Ethiopia, which ignited scientific debate and continued public interest in human origins. Johanson has spent his career in paleoanthropological research and promoting public understanding of human origins. Johanson and Zimmer, who writes the “Origins” column for The New York Times, will have a conversation on the continuing importance of research and discovery to answer the most basic question we ask ourselves—“Where did we come from?”—and how answering that question is important to humans’ future on Earth.
Questions? Julie Russ jruss@asu.edu