Human Roots Award

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The Human Roots Award is an international archeology award . It was founded in 2017 and is awarded annually by the Archaeological Research Center and Museum for Human Behavioral Evolution MONREPOS , establishment of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum (RGZM) , Leibniz Research Institute for Archeology at Monrepos Castle near Neuwied .

The prize replaces the Rudolf Virchow Lecture , with which well-known research personalities of the Paleolithic and Mesolithic archeology in German-speaking countries were honored annually between 1987 and 2016 , and honors archaeologists or scientists from neighboring disciplines for achievements that have an extraordinary influence on the understanding of the Behavioral evolution of humans have taken. The Human Roots Award thus differs significantly from the previous archeology awards presented at Monrepos Castle, as well as other archeology awards, because it builds a bridge between archeology and its neighboring disciplines and thus emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary science.

The aim of the Human Roots Award is to “promote interdisciplinary scientific dialogue and to create public awareness of the relevance of the findings from research into the incarnation for the future of humanity”.

The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros, and since 2018 the prize money has been borne by the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. The founding donor of the prize money is Max Otte . Until his death in June 2018, Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt , a student of Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz and founder of human ethology , was the patron of the Human Roots Award. In July 2018, the first award winner Richard Dawkins took over the patronage.

Award winners

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dpa, New Archeology Prize to Evolutionary Biologist Dawkins, Welt / dpa-Newskanal, as of November 6, 2017
  2. ↑ a b "Human Roots Award" presented to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Evolutionary biologist honored with archeology prize. In: Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. November 8, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2018 .
  4. ↑ New award: The British ethnologist Richard Dawkins receives the "Human Roots Award" . ( rhein-zeitung.de [accessed on August 16, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Ebru Esmen: Evolutionary biologist awarded with archeology prize. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM) - Leibniz Research Institute for Archeology, press release from November 2, 2017 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on August 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ All Events - Archaeological Research Center and Museum of Human Behavioral Evolution. Retrieved August 16, 2018 .
  7. ^ Regine Siedlaczek: "Human Roots Award" presented . In: Rhein-Zeitung . No. 262 , November 13, 2017, p. 20 .
  8. ↑ Monrepos awards new archeology prize . In: Rhein-Zeitung . 7th November 2017.
  9. ^ Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Leibniz Research Institute for Archeology: Human Roots Award. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  10. ↑ "Human Roots Award" presented to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. Retrieved August 20, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Ebru Esmen: Evolutionary psychologist is awarded the archeology prize. MONREPOS, press release from October 2, 2018 at Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on October 20, 2018.
  12. ↑ Christina Nitzsche: Archaeological Research Center MONREPOS honors evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar with an international research award. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM) - Leibniz Research Institute for Archeology, press release from July 31, 2019 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on July 31, 2019.

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