Mission
HEIRS is the hub for Human Evolution Research Synthesis, a unit of the research environment of ICArEHB, the Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour, hosted at the University of Algarve.
Understanding the human origins, our evolution, and the role of culture in this process, draws from so many fields that integrating these approaches and knowledge in comprehensive pieces of synthesis is particularly challenging. The mission of HEIRS is to foster scientific synthesis, following the open science principles, to disseminate among scholars and inside the society the formidable story of the human journey.
Objectives
To reach our mission, we distinguish three objectives:
- Train researchers in methods of systematic synthesis.
- Action instruments for scholars (academic and non-academic) to, in a trusted atmosphere, share their perspectives, data or results, to provide an integrative vision of the human evolution.
- Disseminate the far-reaching conclusions of synthesis work in the society, for science-based policy and inclusivity.