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ORGANIZER:Royal Institution of Great Britain
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DESCRIPTION:Is sharing food such an everyday\, unremarkable occurrence? In 
 fact\, the human tendency to sit together peacefully over food is a rather 
 extraordinary phenomenon\, and one which most species find impossible or un
 desirable. So how did this strange and powerful behaviour come about? 
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 nDrawing on evidence from some meticulously recorded archaeological excavat
 ions\, Martin Jones will explore how humans came to share food in the first
  place and how the human meal has evolved through time. Comparing meals sha
 red in different millennia\, he will also tackle the question posed by the 
 title\, and suggest why our species has gone down this unusual path.
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 _Martin Jones_*
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\nMartin Jones has been George Pitt-Rivers Professor of 
 Archaeological Science at the University of Cambridge since 1990\, and in t
 he previous decade held a lectureship at the University of Durham.  Through
 out his career he has been examining the fragmentary traces of ancient food
  from the archaeological record. 
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\nThe focus of his research is the cha
 nging human use of plants as a source of food\, and the relationships betwe
 en the meal\, the food quest and wider patterns of change in society and th
 e human environment.  His research group bring together methods from archae
 ology\, biology\, genetics\, and chemistry\, to explore a range of case stu
 dies spanning the globe. His current research projects include: an examinat
 ion of early food sharing circles in the Upper Palaeolithic of Central Euro
 pe\; an exploration of North Chinese farming origins and their impact on As
 ia and Europe\; and a study of pathways of agricultural spread within Europ
 e.  His more recent publications include The molecule hunt: archaeology and
  the search for ancient DNA and Feast: why humans share food.  
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\n_In association with Oxford University Press_
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SUMMARY:Feast
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