CARTA - Anthropogeny (Audio)
Episodes
CARTA: How Language Evolves: Carmel O’Shannessy: How Languages Get New Structure
03 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Contact languages represent some of the ways that new languages can be created, as they systematically combine elements from more than one existing la...
CARTA: How Language Evolves: Ann Senghas: Rethinking Recapitulation: Sources of Structure in Nicaraguan Sign Language
03 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this talk Ann Senghas traces the development of basic sentence structure and vocabulary in Nicaraguan Sign Language, in order to uncover the effect...
CARTA: The Genetics of Humanness: James Noonan - Uniquely Human Gene Regulation
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
James Noonan, Assistant Professor of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine, focuses on identifying changes in gene regulation during early embryonic dev...
CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Kristen Hawkes: Grandmothers and the Extended Family
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Conjugal families are often assumed to be building blocks of human societies and the primary site of childrearing in traditional communities. Alterna...
CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Alison S. Brooks: East African Archaeological Evidence
31 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Apart from references to the oldest fossil hominins attributed to Homo sapiens, the East African record is often ignored in current scenarios of moder...
CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Matthew Tocheri: Insights into Hominin Bipedalism from Gorilla Anatomy
23 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this presentation, Matthew Tocheri (Smithsonian Institution) shows how the morphology of four foot bones – the medial cuneiform, talus, calcaneus...
CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Robert Kelly: Do Hunter-Gatherers Tell Us About Human Nature?
16 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
When many people want to discover the core of human nature, they turn to those people who allegedly are or represent humanity’s original condition, ...
CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution – Kazuo Okanoya: Domestication and Vocal Behavior in Finches
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Kazuo Okanoya (Univ of Tokyo) describes his research with Bengalese finches, a domesticated strain of wild white-rumped munias that were imported from...
CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution: Introductory Remarks
19 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
UC San Diego’s Robert Kluender provides an excellent introductory overview of this symposium which addresses the study of animal domestication, our ...
CARTA: The Origin of Us – Richard Ed Green: Interbreeding with Archaic Humans Outside Africa
18 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Richard “Ed” Green: Interbreeding with Archaic Humans outside Africa. Neanderthals and Den...
CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Melvin Konner: Hunter-Gatherer Childhood and Human Evolution
09 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Research on infancy and childhood among !Kung (Bushmen) hunter-gatherers of northwestern Botswana, the first hunting-gathering group where childhood w...
CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Donald Pfaff: Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Underlying Male Aggression
02 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Pfaff (Rockefeller Univ) addresses two questions in this talk: First, how is it possible to increase testosterone-fueled aggressive behaviors?...
CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? – Nicholas Humphrey: Entering the Soul Niche
26 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Human beings are animal-machines with added souls. This was famously Descartes’ view, and it’s the view of a good many people today. Nicholas Hu...
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...