UNM Hibben Center hosts guest lecturer from Northwestern University

The Hibben Center for Archaeological Research will host Katherine Amato, Ph.D. Thursday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. (also available on Zoom). She will present her talk, "Evolutionary Perspectives on Fermented Food Consumption," as part of the Anthropology Colloquia Series.

To this day, it remains unclear when, and why, humans began consuming fermented foods. In her talk, Amato will review existing knowledge regarding the timing and impetus for the emergence of fermented food use by humans. She will also present comparative behavioral and physiological data from extant nonhuman primates regarding the environmental contexts in which fermented foods are consumed.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required for Zoom attendees. In-person attendees can join in room 105 in the Hibben Center.

The event is co-sponsored by UNM Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and the UNM Department of Biology, and complements the Maxwell Museum's temporary exhibit Entangled Cultures: How Humans and Microbes Co-create through Fermentation, which closes Dec. 5.

To learn more about Amato and her presentation, visit the event's webpage.