As a token of gratitude for serving as the second chairholder of the Eugène Dubois annual rotating chair, the board members of the Eugène Dubois Foundation took Prof. Mark Stoneking to visit the famous Henken pit and neolithic flintstone mine in the Savelsbos wood near the village of

Fossil, archaeological, and genetic evidence are united in supporting a recent African origin of modern humans and dispersal out of Africa within the past 60,000-80,000 years. However, given that archaic humans (such as Neanderthals) preceded the exodus of modern humans out of Africa

On Monday 26 September, the board members of the Eugene Dubois Foundation visited the new Prehistomuseum in Ramioul near Liege in Belgium. “Located at the archaeological site of the cave of Ramioul, in the heart of a forest, the Préhistomuseum extends over 30 hectares. Situated

On Sunday 19 September 2016, Prof. Dr. George Maat gave a lecture on the bipedalisation process in the human evolution. Dr. Maat vividly explained how the human anatomy slowly adapted over a period of 5 to 6 million years to a new way of of moving – from a quadruped to a biped .

Lecture: Wed 5 October 2016, 8 pm Prof. Mark Stoneking, Professor of Biological Anthropology, Leipzig. Second chair holder of the Eugène Dubois rotating Chair Fossil, archaeological, and genetic evidence are united in supporting a recent African origin of modern humans and dispersal o

When we think about the migration of Homo Sapiens out of Africa we imagine world maps with large curved arrows suggesting that our species set out on an epic journey to conquer the world 70.000 years ago. Prof. Philip Van Peer, however, warns us that the reality was probably not so st

The board of the Eugène Dubois Foundation has the honour to invite you to attend the Eugène Dubois summer lecture “When did Homo Sapiens leave Africa?” on Sunday 19 June from 11.00 – 13.00. The speaker will be Prof. Filip Van Peer and the lecture will be in Dutch. Pr

Prof. Mark Stoneking (1956) is the second professor to be appointed as the annually rotating Eugène Dubois Chair at Maastricht University. Prof. Stoneking gave his inaugural lecture on “Genes, culture and human evolution” at Maastricht University on Thursday 3 March. It is

We are very pleased to announce that we will officially open the Eugène Dubois rooms in the Ursuline Convent in Eijsden on 27 February 2016 at 16.00. The event will be attended by Mr. G. Jacobs, city councillor for the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, and Prof. Mark Stoneking, the n