On November 17, 2018, Shi Dou, an Italian professional teacher at the College of Foreign Languages of Nankai University, gave a lecture on the theme of "The Evolution of Culture " at the Capital Library. The event was jointly organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Capital Library with more than 40 readers participating in the event.
The Evolution of Culture is the latest translation of Shidou's. It was published by the Chinese Social Science Press in July this year. This lecture, with the theme of human evolution history, told the readers about the great migration history, biological evolution theory and cultural evolution theory of modern people. The lecture lasted for two hours, and the in-depth description of Shidou in easy terms was widely welcomed by readers.
The author of The Evolution of Culture is Luigi Luca Kavali Sforza who is a world-renowned geneticist, anthropologist, and historian of Italy and who is also Professor Emeritus of Stanford University and the winner of the Medal of "The Great Cross Knight of the Republic of Italy". From the perspective of geneticists, this book tells the history of human great migration, the secrets of human genes, and the profound interaction between genes and culture, presenting a grand historical picture of the evolution of human culture for readers.
