{"id":119516,"date":"2026-02-25T14:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=119516"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:23:32","slug":"lunchtime-discovery-the-adaptable-human-human-anatomy-in-the-extremes","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-the-adaptable-human-human-anatomy-in-the-extremes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchtime Discovery: The Adaptable Human: Human Anatomy in the Extremes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Join us in-person in the SECU Daily Planet Theater or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/VwKg7qDpRZo?si=9ajEvL9OBG4h07xG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch the livestream on YouTube.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the journey of Homo sapiens, Dr. Kelly will explore how climate influenced human evolution and migration out of Africa into diverse environments, and how these evolutionary pressures shaped human anatomy, from skeletal structure to physiological adaptations.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alexa Kelly, Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Throughout the month of March, the Lunchtime Discovery Series will recognize Women\u2019s History Month and women\u2019s contributions to science and conservation. These live virtual presentations will be held each Wednesday from noon to 1:00 p.m. and are hosted by the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Coordinator of Current Science Programs Chris Smith. Brought to you by the NC DEQ Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VwKg7qDpRZo\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in-person in the SECU Daily Planet Theater or watch the livestream on YouTube. Following the journey of Homo sapiens, Dr. Kelly will explore how climate influenced human evolution and migration out of Africa into diverse environments, and how these evolutionary pressures shaped human anatomy, from skeletal structure to physiological adaptations. Dr. Alexa Kelly,&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/lunchtime-discovery-the-adaptable-human-human-anatomy-in-the-extremes\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,13,6,14,7,15,170,8,173],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119517,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119516\/revisions\/119517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119516"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=119516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}