#  Lecture: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America  

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **December 6, 2018** 

 06:00PM - 08:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

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**Erika Milam**, Professor of History, Princeton University

 After World War II, evolutionary scientists began rethinking their views on humanity’s past. What if human history was not merely a cooperative struggle against a harsh environment? What if violence and war were normal states of existence, punctuated by brief moments of peace? These are the questions Erika Lorraine Milam explores in her new book, *Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America*. She will discuss how anthropologists and zoologists during the Cold-War era struggled to reconcile humanity’s triumph as a species with the possibility that this success might be rooted in our capacity to kill one other.

 Lecture & Book Signing. Free and open to the public.

 Free event parking available at [52 Oxford Street Garage](https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%20Oxford%20St.%20Garage/@42.379823,-71.1179754,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e37740b7278721:0xc4afb229b3ca67be!8m2!3d42.3801916!4d-71.1157009?hl=en)



 

 



 

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