Human Errors: Nathan H. Lents with Ian Tattersall

Wed. May 16, 2018 at 6:30pm EDT
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 The human body is one big lump of compromises.


How evolved are we really? Come to think of it, there is a lot that could stand to be improved. Our arthritic knees. Withstanding that cold virus that never stops going around. And having a separate windpipe and digestive tract would be nice! As professor of biology Nathan Lents explains, our evolutionary history is nothing if not a long list of mistakes. But as Lents demonstrates, the reason humans have so many design flaws is probably because we are good at transcending them.


Nathan Lents will discuss his new book Human Errors with Ian Tattersall, paleoanthropologist and an emeritus curator with the American Museum of Natural History. 


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Registration does not guarantee admission. For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, and seats may become available at that time. A stand by line will form thirty minutes before the program.


The Program Room opens at 6 PM.

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Mid-Manhattan Library Program Room 476 Fifth Avenue (42nd Street Entrance)
New York, NY 10018