Library to Explore Human Evolution During January Gallery Night

Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with the Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth, Cornell University and Ithaca College, has announced the Friday, January 6 Gallery Night Opening of You Are Here: Exploring Human Evolution, a multi-media exhibit offering a detailed look at evolutionary history.

Through skulls, stone tools and artifacts, this exhibit will explore the lives of early hominins, offer insight on the evolutionary family tree of modern humans and celebrate the six trends credited with making humans the most cooperative species on Earth. The exhibit will be on display at TCPL through February as part of Ithaca Explores Human Origins.

Gallery Night will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., with after-hours access to You Are Here available through the Library’s BorgWarner Community Room entrance, adjacent to TCAT’s East Green Street bus shelter.

For more information, contact TCPL Exhibit Coordinator Sally Grubb at sgrubb@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension 232.  To learn about Ithaca Explore Human Origins, visit www.tcpl.org.

You Are Here is a part of Ithaca Explores Human Origins and was created with the support of Warren Allmon, Adam Arcadi, Frederick Gleach, John Gurche, Jennifer Muller, Rob Ross, Beth Stricker, Sally Grubb and Ithaca College interns, Margaret Butler and Lisa Peck.  The exhibit will be on display in the Avenue of the Friends until the end of February, 2017.

Funding for this exhibit was provided by the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation through the support of grants from the Tompkins County Tourism Program, New York State Council for the Humanities, the Derek and Leora Kaufman Charitable Fund and Cornell University.