Carol V. Ward, assistant professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, will speak Oct. 25 as a guest of the Department of Anthropology Lecture Series. Ward will speak on the "Newest Fossil Evidence of the Earliest Human Ancestors" at 2 p.m. in the Student Union Barnwell Room. The event is free. Call 426-3023 for more information.

Ward’s talk will focus on some of the more recently discovered hominid fossils from East and South Africa and the application of functional morphology to the interpretation of Plio-Pleistocene primate fossils.

Ward teaches anatomy in the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences. Her research interests include the evolution of humans and our closest relatives, apes and monkeys. She has been central to the analysis and interpretation of some of the earliest hominid fossils, including Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus anamensis.

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Contact: Faith Brigham, Department of Anthropology, (208) 426-3023, fbrigha@boisestate.edu 
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu