CARTA - Anthropogeny (Audio)

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution - Tecumseh Fitch: The Domestication Syndrome and Neural Crest Cells: A Unifying Hypothesis

05 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The neural crest is a transitory embryonic tissue that, early in development, gives rise to a very diverse set of tissues and organs including pigment...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution – Terrence Deacon: The Domesticated Brain

15 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk Terrence Deacon (UC Berkeley) describes how the signature pattern of specific brain structure changes can provide evidence to distinguish...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution – Robert Wayne: The Transformation of Wolf to Dog: History Traits and Genetics

12 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Wayne (UCLA) presents a historical perspective on dog evolution in this talk. The timing and context of dog domestication is controversial. W...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution - Anna Kukekova: Fox Domestication and Genetics of Complex Behaviors

12 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Kukekova (Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) discusses the genetics-centered view of domestication that was supported by the experimental sele...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution - Philipp Khaitovich: Neotenous Gene Expression in the Developing Human Brain

12 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Philipp Khaitovich (PICB, Shanghai) and his team have identified the human-specific delay in timing of neocortical synaptogenesis as one of the molecu...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution - Richard Wrangham: Did Homo Sapiens Self-Domesticate?

12 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk Richard Wrangham (Harvard Univ) puts forth the theory that Homo sapiens are, in fact, a self-domesticated species. He defines “self-do...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution - QandA and Closing Remarks

12 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Closing remarks and Q&A for the symposium “Domestication and Human Evolution.” Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthr...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution: Domestication and Vocal Behavior in Finches; Did Homo Sapiens Self-Domesticate?; The Domesticated Brain

08 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, a convergence of views has led to the notion that the study of animal domestication may tell us something not only about our relationship wi...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution: The Domesticated Brain; Neotenous Gene Expression in the Developing Human Brain; The Domestication Syndrome and Neural Crest Cells: A Unifying Hypothesis

04 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, a convergence of views has led to the notion that the study of animal domestication may tell us something not only about our relationship wi...

CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution: The Transformation of Wolf to Dog: History Traits and Genetics; Fox Domestication and Genetics of Complex Behaviors; Craniofacial Feminization in Canine and Human Evolution

01 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, a convergence of views has led to the notion that the study of animal domestication may tell us something not only about our relationship wi...

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Born Human: How the Utterly Dependent Survive

06 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy(UC Davis) discusses how reliance on allomaternal assistance to rear young rendered mothers increasingly sensitive to signals of how...

CARTA: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome and opening remarks for the symposium Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution that takes a fresh look at the causes and consequences o...

CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Christopher Boehm: Warfare and Feuding in Pleistocene Societies

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk, Christopher Boehm (USC) discusses how today’s hunter-gatherers are used to portray likely patterns of male aggression among culturally...

CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Anne Pusey: Intergroup Violence: Chimpanzees and Lions

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In both lions and chimpanzees, males cooperate in inter-group conflict with group-mates who are often relatives and with whom they maintain close, lif...

CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Patricia Lambert: Bioarchaeological Perspectives on Male Violence in Prehistory

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Patricia Lambert (Utah State Univ) examines the bioarchaeological evidence for violence and warfare in ancient California. Violent injuries in human ...

CARTA: Male Violence in Human Evolution – Kim Hill: Male Violence Among Aché and Hiwi Hunter-Gatherers

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In order to understand how warfare and violence have shaped the natural history of our species, and perhaps favored adaptations that respond to this i...

CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Richard Wrangham: Parallel Evolution of Humanity and Savagery

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Human male violence is paradoxical. On the one hand, within social groups there is a strong tendency for avoidance of direct conflicts such that conf...

CARTA: Summary Remarks Question and Answer Session and Close: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution

01 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Summary, question and answer session and closing statement for the symposium Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution that takes a fresh look a...

CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution: Resource Unpredictability Socialization and War; Violence: What’s Culture Got to Do with It?; and Do Hunter-Gatherers Tell Us About Human Nature?

28 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In the last few decades, new sources of evidence have continued to indicate that male violence has played an important role in shaping behavior in the...

CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution: Warfare and Feuding in Pleistocene Societies; Bioarchaeological Perspectives on Male Violence in Prehistory; and Male Violence among the Aché and Hiwi Hunter-Gatherers

21 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In the last few decades, new sources of evidence have continued to indicate that male violence has played an important role in shaping behavior in the...

CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution: Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Underlying Male Aggression; Intergroup Violence: Chimpanzees and Lions; and Parallel Evolution of Humanity and Savagery

14 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In the last few decades, new sources of evidence have continued to indicate that male violence has played an important role in shaping behavior in the...

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Closing remarks and Question and Answer session

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Closing remarks and Question and Answer session Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 28038]

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Hillard Kaplan: Human Fathers

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk, Hillard Kaplan (Univ of New Mexico) presents a theoretical model linking ecology to male paternal investment. The basic argument is tha...

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Kim Bard: Infant State in Apes and Humans

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kim Bard of the University of Portsmouth, UK presents data on comparative development of infant states, that is, states of arousal, state regulation, ...

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Katie Hinde: Breast Milk and Breastfeeding

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Katie Hinde of Harvard University presents emerging research that addresses the magnitude, sources, and consequences of inter-individual variation of ...

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Sue Carter: Oxytocin Pathways and Human Evolution

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sue Carter of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill examines the hypothesis that Homo sapiens, with their high level of dependence on social ...

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Barry Hewlett: Sharing Childcare and Knowledge in Infancy

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Giving and sharing are central to understanding humanity and human evolution. In this talk, Barry Hewlett (Washington State Univ, Vancouver) examines...

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Opening remarks introduction

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Opening remarks, introduction Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 28037]

CARTA- Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Sharing Childcare and Knowledge in Infancy Grandmothers and the Extended Family and Human Fathers

28 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

From the moment of birth, human infants require an inordinate amount of care and, unlike our nearest living relatives, remain dependent on a variety o...

CARTA- Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Breast Milk and Breastfeeding Oxytocin Pathways and Human Evolution and Hunter-Gatherer Childhood and Human Evolution

21 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

From the moment of birth, human infants require an inordinate amount of care and, unlike our nearest living relatives, remain dependent on a variety o...

CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Birth and the Newborn Infant Infant State in Apes and Humans and Born Human: How the Utterly Dependent Survive

14 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

From the moment of birth, human infants require an inordinate amount of care and, unlike our nearest living relatives, remain dependent on a variety o...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind:Tetsuro Matsuzawa: Mind Reading in Chimpanzees

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

For many years, Tetsuro Matsuzawa (Kyoto Univ) has studied chimpanzees both in the laboratory and in the wild. In this talk he presents several examp...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Welcome: Ajit Varki

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

CARTA Co-Director Ajit Varki welcomes the public and researchers to the CARTA symposium on Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind. Series: "C...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Opening Remarks: Donald Pfaff

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

CARTA Symposium Co-Chair Donald Pfaff introduces the topic of Theory of Mind and how it differs from other studies of social behaviors. Series: "CARTA...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Ralph Adolphs: What is Theory of Mind?

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Ralph Adolphs (Caltech) provides an overview on how best to define Theory of Mind, how to relate it to other similar terms, and how to study it. He c...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The Social Brain in Adolescence

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (Univ College London) discusses how the social brain, that is, the network of brain regions involved in understanding others, de...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind:Diana Reiss: Reflections of Dolphin and Elephant Minds

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The ability to recognize oneself in a mirror, once considered a uniquely human attribute, is shared by great apes, dolphins, elephants and magpies. D...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Michael Arbib: Mirror Neurons and More

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mirror neurons were first discovered in the brain of macaque monkeys – neurons active both when the monkey executed certain actions and when he obse...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Jason Mitchell: Brain Imaging Studies

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past two decades, research investigating the neural basis of social abilities suggests that the human brain has dedicated systems for underst...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Elizabeth Spelke: What Makes Humans Different?

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk, Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard Univ) asks whether studies of human infants provide insights into the origins and nature of uniquely human soc...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Wrap-Up: Terry Sejnowski

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Wrap-Up: Terry Sejnowski Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthrop...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Question and Answer Session

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind: Question and Answer Session Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anth...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind – What Makes Humans Different? Brain Imaging Studies and Mirror Neurons and More

18 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This CARTA series explores the evolution of “Theory of Mind” (ToM), the ability to impute mental states such as beliefs, desires, and intentions t...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind – Mind Reading in Chimpanzees Comparing Apes and Dogs and Reflections of Dolphin and Elephant Minds

11 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This CARTA series explores the evolution of “Theory of Mind” (ToM), the ability to impute mental states such as beliefs, desires, and intentions t...

CARTA: Mind Reading: Human Origins and Theory of Mind – What is Theory of Mind? Emergence of Theory of Mind in Human Babies and The Social Brain in Adolescence

04 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This CARTA series explores the evolution of “Theory of Mind” (ToM), the ability to impute mental states such as beliefs, desires, and intentions t...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Andrew Whiten

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Andrew Whiten (University of St. Andrews Scotland) discusses “The Cultura...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Jonathan Friedman

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Jonathan Friedman (UC San Diego) discusses “The Cultural as Emergent Orde...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Peter Tyack

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Peter Tyack (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) discusses “Vocal Learn...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Hal Whitehead

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Hal Whitehead (Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia) discusses “Cultures of ...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Margaret Schoeninger and James Moore: Introduction

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret Schoeninger (CARTA Co-Director, UC San Diego) and James Moore (Symposium Chair, UC San Diego) provide some introductory remarks to the CARTA ...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Donald Brown

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Donald Brown (UC Santa Barbara) discusses “Human Cultural Universals: How...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Rupert Stasch

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Rupert Stasch (UC San Diego) discusses “Cultural Reflexivity in Human Cul...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Susan Perry

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Susan Perry (UCLA) discusses “Social Learning and Traditions in Wild Capu...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Timothy Wright

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Timothy Wright Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Scien...

CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures – Ajit Varki Pascal Gagneux and Margaret Schoeninger

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Ajit Varki (CARTA Co-Director, UC San Diego), Pascal Gagneux (CARTA Associate Director, UC San Diego), and Margaret Schoeninger (CARTA Co-Director, UC...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Rick Potts: African Climate of the Last 400000 Years

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Potts (Smithsonian Institution) suggests that the complexity of climate dynamics, and associated resource uncertainty, likely influenced the evol...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Lyn Wadley: South African Archaeological Evidence

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Lyn Wadley (Univ of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) contends that the manufacture of compound adhesives and compound paints by 100,000 years ago in South...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Chris Stringer: Fossil Record of Anatomically Modern Humans

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Evidence points strongly to Africa as the major center for the genetic, physical and behavioral origins of both ancient and modern humans. In this ta...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Ofer Bar-Yosef: Evidence for the Spread of Modern Humans

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Ofer Bar-Yosef (Harvard Univ) briefly summarizes the archaeological evidence for the dispersals of modern humans into Eurasia avoiding the assumptions...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Christopher Ehret: Relationships of Ancient African Languages

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Christopher Ehret: Relationships of Ancient African Languages Almost all of the more than 1,00...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Iain Davidson: Stone Tools and Cognition: Lessons from Australia

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Iain Davidson: Stone Tools and Cognition: Lessons from Australia In this talk, Iain Davidson (...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Ajit Varki

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Show ID: 25399]

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us: Wrap-Up and Overview: Alison Brooks

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Show ID: 25400]

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us: Question and Answer Session

02 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Show ID: 25401]

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Evidence for the Spread of Modern Humans Relationships of Ancient African Languages and Stone Tools and Cognition: Lessons from Australia

29 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

One of the enduring questions of human origins is when, where and how we "Behaviorally Modern Humans" emerged and why and how we eventually replaced a...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Fossil Record of Anatomically Modern Humans Interbreeding with Archaic Humans in Africa and Interbreeding with Archaic Humans outside Africa

22 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

One of the enduring questions of human origins is when, where and how we "Behaviorally Modern Humans" emerged and why and how we eventually replaced a...

CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – African Climate of the Last 400000 Years East African Archaeological Evidence and South African Archaeological Evidence

15 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

One of the enduring questions of human origins is when, where and how we "Behaviorally Modern Humans" emerged and why and how we eventually replaced a...

CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? – Terry Deacon: Symbolic Communication: Why Is Human Thought So Flexible?

03 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Why is human thought so flexible? Although many features of human brains can be attributed to selection for novel cognitive functions (e.g., for symbo...

CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? – Daniel Povinelli: Desperately Seeking Explanation

03 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk, Daniel Povinelli (Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette) suggests that “desperately seeking explanation” is a uniquely human mental functio...

CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? – Steven Mithen: An Evolved and Creative Mind

03 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Mithen (Univ of Reading) discusses what the archaeological and fossil records tell us about the similarities and differences between the minds o...

CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? – Colin Renfrew: Archaeological Evidence for Mind

03 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Renfrew (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research) discusses the “Sapient Paradox.” The genetic basis of humankind was established 20...

CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? – Patricia Churchland: Moral Sense

03 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Morality is a social behavior seen in mammals, and some birds, which depends on an interlocking brain organization shaped by four factors. Patricia C...

CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? - Skilled Performance and Artistry; Symbolic Communication: Why Is Human Thought So Flexible; and Inter-Modular Interactions Metaphor and the Great Leap

22 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Cognitive abilities often regarded as unique to humans include humor, morality, symbolism, creativity, and preoccupation with the minds of others. In...

CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? -- Entering the Soul Niche; An Evolved and Creative Mind; and Humor

15 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Cognitive abilities often regarded as unique to humans include humor, morality, symbolism, creativity, and preoccupation with the minds of others. In...

CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? – Archaeological Evidence for Mind; Desperately Seeking Explanation; and Moral Sense

08 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Cognitive abilities often regarded as unique to humans include humor, morality, symbolism, creativity, and preoccupation with the minds of others. In...

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Marcus Feldman - Genetic Impact of Culturally-Based Mating Systems

29 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

For many species, including humans, matings occur among a restricted pool of partners. In humans, restrictions on the choice of partners are culturall...

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Kristen Hawkes - The Grandmother Hypothesis and Rates of Aging

29 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Kristen Hawkes, University of Utah, discusses the grandmother hypothesis, which links the evolution of human longevity to ecological changes that left...

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Mark Aronoff and Carol Padden - Do Genetic Differences Affect Language Evolution?

29 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Language is a hallmark of modern humans: only humans have language. Yet, while no human society lacks a language, individual languages exhibit wide va...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition – Leslie C. Aiello: Background and Overview

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation, Leslie Aiello (Wenner Gren Foundation) provides some background for the discussion and defines the overall goal of the symposium...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition – Alyssa Crittenden: Current Hunter-Gatherer Diets

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Alyssa Crittenden (Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas) reports on the diet composition and foraging profiles of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania. The si...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition – Peter Ungar: Australopith Diets

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Ungar (Univ of Arkansas) looks at the fossil record to determine what it can teach us about the diets of our early hominin forebears. Evidence ...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition – Richard Wrangham: Fire Starch Meat and Honey

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Unlike all other free-living animals, human populations need to eat much of their food cooked. We now know that cooking causes starch and meat to pro...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition – Clark Spencer Larsen: Agriculture’s Impact on Human Evolution

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Clark Spencer Larsen (Ohio State Univ) explores what anthropologists have learned about the alterations of the lives, lifestyles, and wellbeing from t...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition – Barry Bogin: Impact of Globalization on Children’s Nutrition

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Globalization is, in part, an economic force to bring about a closer integration of national economies. Food globalization brings about nutritional tr...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition – Alison S. Brooks and Margaret J. Schoeninger: Neanderthal Diets

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Alison S. Brooks (George Washington Univ) and Margaret J. Schoeninger (UC San Diego) provide an overview of Neanderthal diets based on the physical ev...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition – Mary C. Stiner: Archaic Human Diets

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

At least three major transitions can be seen from the archaeological record of meat-eating. Mary Stiner (Univ of Arizona) explains how each of these ...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition - The Impact of Agriculture on Human Evolution The Impact of Globalization on Children's Nutrition and Current Hunter-Gatherer Diets

25 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Tracing the evolution of the human diet from our earliest ancestors can lead to a better understanding of human adaptation in the past. It may also o...

CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition - An Overview of Diet and Evolution; Fire Starch Meat and Honey and Diets and Microbes in Primates

20 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Tracing the evolution of the human diet from our earliest ancestors can lead to a better understanding of human adaptation in the past. It may also o...

CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Steven Churchill: Pelvic Architecture of Australopithecus sediba and the genus Homo

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Churchill (Duke University) talks about the evolution of the human pelvis and the major architectural changes which reflect an improvement in t...

CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Jeremy DeSilva: Foot and Ankle Diversity in Australopithecus

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy DeSilva (Boston University) shares his insights into the foot and ankle diversity of australopiths and refutes the hypothesis that there is onl...

CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Brian Richmond: Pleistocene Footprints and the Evolution of Human Bipedalism

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Efforts to reconstruct gait and other aspects of behavior in extinct hominins continue to be hampered by disagreements over how to interpret anatomica...

CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Carol Ward: Early Hominin Body Form

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Carol Ward (University of Missouri) reviews the growing, although still imperfect, evidence for torso form in apes and early hominins, and relates tha...

CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Christopher Ruff: Limb Strength Proportions and Locomotion in Early Hominins

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Ruff (Johns Hopkins University) interprets the analyses of forelimb and hindlimb bone strength in a number of early hominin taxa. Series: ...

CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Dan Lieberman: The Evolution and Relevance of Human Running

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The fastest humans sprint slowly and for very limited durations compared to most quadrupedal mammals, but even average humans have superlative long di...

CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Leslie C. Aiello: Bipedalism and the Evolution of the Genus Homo

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Leslie Aiello (Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research) reviews the historical development of ideas in relation to the evolution of bipedi...

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Alison Brooks – Origins of Modern Human Behavior

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

What constitutes the essential behavior of our species is contentious. Evolutionary scenarios leading to both the capacity for and practice of these e...

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Peter Richerson - Culture-led Gene-culture Coevolution

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In the classic nature-nurture dichotomy, nature has a stronger or weaker influence on nurture, but certainly nurture was supposed to have no impact on...

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Anna Di Rienzo - Human Adaptations to Diverse Environments

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The history of human evolution and dispersal was associated with remarkable environmental challenges to those processes that maintain stable physiolog...

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Gregory Wray - Genomic Basis for Dietary Shifts during Human Origins

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

As our australopithecine ancestors moved out of receding rain forests and into drier habitats, they abandoned a primarily fruit-based diet and began c...

CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Sarah Tishkoff - Adaptations of Humans to Adult Milk Intake

15 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In most individuals, the ability to digest lactose, the sugar present in milk, declines rapidly after weaning because of decreasing levels of the enzy...