CARTA - Anthropogeny (Audio)
Episodes
CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Henry Harpending - A Nutritional Basis for the Spread of Indo-European Languages
15 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Indo-European languages are native to populations from Ireland to Afghanistan and India and, in historical times, to the Tarim Basin in China. This sp...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Nutrition - Archaic Human Diets Current Hunter-Gatherer Diets and Diets and Microbes in Primates
13 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 - Diets and Microbes in Primates Australopith Diets and Neanderthal Diets
04 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: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Jonathan Sebat: Genetic Etiology
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this presentation, Jonathan Sebat (UC San Diego) points out that the biggest known risk factors for autism are genes. However, the mutations that ...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Eric Courchesne: Surprising Findings in Autism: Insights into Anthropogeny?
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Although the neurobiology of autism has been studied for more than two decades, the majority of studies have examined brain anatomy 10 or more years a...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Andrew Meltzhoff: The Like-Me Theory for Connecting Self and Others
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Meltzoff (Univ of Washington) describes new research on the origins of ‘social cognition’ -- the mechanisms by which infants come to unders...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Karen Pierce: The Early Identification of Autism: Examinations of Brain and Behavior
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture demonstrates how early screening at the 1st birthday can positively impact the search for biomarkers and lead to new discoveries regardin...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Mirella Dapretto: Mirroring in the Neurotypical and Autistic Brain
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this talk, Mirella Dapretto (UCLA) begins by describing the relevance of mirror neurons for social functioning. She then discusses the empirical ev...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Daniel Geschwind: Systems Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Geschwind (UCLA) and his colleagues have been working to identify autism risk genes and understand how these might lead to autism spectrum diso...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Bernard Crespi: Evolutionary Biology of Autism Risk
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bernard Crespi (Simon Fraser University) describes a simple model, based in evolutionary biology, neurodevelopment, and genetics, for understanding ho...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Simon Baron-Cohen: The Fetal Androgen Theory
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Autism affects males much more often than females. The explanation for this must either lie in diagnostic practice, hormones, genetics, or (most likel...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - V.S. Ramachandran: Mirror Neuron Dysfunction in Neurology
18 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
V.S. Ramachandran (UC San Diego) explains how his interest in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) stems from an earlier, and broader, interest in mirror n...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders – The Evolutionary Biology of Autism Risk Systems Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders and The Fetal Androgen Theory
19 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This fascinating and important series from CARTA explores the newest understandings of the roots of autism disorders from the foremost researchers in ...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders – The Early Identification of Autism Mirroring in the Neurotypical and Autistic Brain and Mirror Neuron Dysfunction in Neurology
12 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This fascinating and important series from CARTA explores the newest understandings of the roots of autism disorders from the foremost researchers in ...
CARTA: Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders - Genetic Etiology Surprising Findings in Autism and The 'Like-Me' Theory for Connecting Self and Others
05 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This fascinating and important series from CARTA explores the newest understandings of the roots of autism disorders from the foremost researchers in ...
CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Genetic Impact of Culturally-Based Mating Systems The Grandmother Hypothesis and Rates of Aging and Do Genetic Differences Affect Language Evolution?
20 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genetic Impact of Culturally-Based Mating Systems (Marcu...
CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Genomic Basis for Dietary Shifts Adaptations to Human Adult Milk Intake and A Nutritional Basis for the Spread of Indo-European Languages
13 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genomic Basis for Dietary Shifts during Human Origins (G...
CARTA: Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins: Origins of Modern Human Behavior Culture-led Gene-culture Coevolution and Human Adaptations to Diverse Environments
06 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Origins of Modern Human Behavior (Alison Brooks), Cultur...
CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins - Running Walking and Evolution
21 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we the only two-legged creature to develop an exclusively upright gait? And what did it mean to the development of the human species? CARTA br...
CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins -Footprints Body Form and Locomotion
14 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we the only two-legged creature to develop an exclusively upright gait? And what did it mean to the development of the human species? CARTA br...
CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins - Comparative Anatomy from Australopithecus to Gorillas
07 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we the only two-legged creature to develop an exclusively upright gait? And what did it mean to the development of the human species? CARTA br...
CARTA: The Genetics of Humanness: Ed Green - The Neanderthal and Denisovan Genomes
26 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
UC Santa Cruz’s Ed Green on the science of revealing the history of divergence of the human species from Neanderthal. Series: "CARTA - Center for Ac...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: Specialization from The Cellular to The Structural Scale
19 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Leading brain researchers Chet Sherwood, Fred Gage and John Allman discuss unique specialization of the human brain on the cellular and micro-structur...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: Mike Gazzaniga - A Unified Mind in a Specialized Brain
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Gazzaniga, UC Santa Barbara, explores the modular and specialized human brain. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Ant...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: Katerina Semendeferi - Human Specializatons of the Social Brain
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Katerina Semendeferi, UC San Diego, explores the specializatons of the human social brain. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training ...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: James Rilling - Human Brain Specializations Related to Language
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
James K. Rilling, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Emory University, discusses non-invasive brain imaging techniques to compare brain structure ...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: Todd Preuss - The Burning Brain -Human Adaptation for Enhanced Cerebral Metabolism and Plasticity or: How to Live Fast and Die Old Anyway
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Preuss, Emory University, explores specialization of human physiology and the distinctiveness of human aging. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academi...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: Wolfgang Einard - Exploring the Molecular Basis of Speech
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Wolfgang Enard, a junior group leader at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, investigates the genetic and mole...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: William Hopkins - Evolution of Behavioral and Brain Asymmetries in Primates
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
William Hopkins, Professor of Psychology at Agnes Scott College and research scientist at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, uses in vivo im...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: Chet Sherwood - Human Specializations of Cortical Microstructure
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Chet Sherwood, Associate Professor of Anthropology at The George Washington University, explains that while a bigger brain is clearly an important fac...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: – Fred Gage -Are There Detectable Differences Between Neurons from Humans vs Great Apes?
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Fred H. Gage of the Salk Institute and the University of California, San Diego, describes how induced pluripotent stem cells are used to create functi...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: John Allman - Von Economo Neurons
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
John Allman, Professor of Neurobiology at the California Institute of Technology, discusses the nerve cells called VENS (von Economo neurons) and thei...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: Specialization and Language
12 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Leading brain researchers James Rilling, Wolfgang Enard and William Hopkins discuss unique specialization of the human brain, from molecular to struct...
CARTA: Uniquely-Human Features of the Brain: Plasticity Social Nature Unified Mind
05 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Leading brain researchers Todd Preuss, MIke Gazzaniga and Katerina Semendeferi explore unique specialization in the human brain that may be keys to t...
CARTA: The Genetics of Humanness: Human-Specific Signaling Networks Uniquely Human Gene Regulation Human Specific Gene Changes
03 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Human-Specific Signaling Networks (Genevieve Konopka); Uniquely Human Gene Regulation (James Noonan); Human-Specific Changes in Siglec Genes (Ajit Var...
CARTA: The Genetics of Humanness: Uniquely Human Gene Regulation Comparing Immune Response In Primates Human Siglec Genes
27 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Uniquely Human Gene Regulation (James Noonan); A Comparative Study of Immune Response in Primates (Yoav Gilad); Human-Specific Changes in Siglec Genes...
CARTA: The Genetics of Humanness: Gene Duplications and Deletions and Accelerated Regions in the Human Genome
20 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Evolution of Human Duplications: Genomic Instability and New Genes (Evan Eichler); Human Accelerated Regions in the Genome (Katherine S. Pollard) Seri...
CARTA: The Genetics of Humanness: The Neanderthal and Denisovan Genomes / The Genetics of Human and Ape Stem Cells
13 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Comparisons of Human and Ape Stem Cells (Alysson Muotri); The Neandertal and Denisovan Genomes (Ed Green) Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Researc...
CARTA: The Genetics of Humanness: The Orangutan Neandertal and Denisovan Genomes
06 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Elaine Mardis explores the Orangutan genome, and Ed Green explains how and what we know about our relation to Neandertal. Series: "CARTA - Center for ...
CARTA: Early Hominids: African Origins of the Hominid Clade
16 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned paleoanthropologist Tim White of UC Berkeley who is widely credited for his role in the Ardi discovery gives a fascinating overview of the se...
CARTA: Early Hominids: Ronald Clarke - Little Foot Big Find - A Skeleton of Australopithecus
09 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Eminent paleoanthropologist Ronald Clarke describes the find and implications of “Little Foot,” the oldest Australopithecine find in Southern Afri...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Altruism - Biology of Cooperation Suppressing theFree-Rider Social Ecology and Cooperation
27 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Social Selection and the Notorious Free-Rider (Christopher Boehm); Social Evolution in Animals and Humans (Steve Frank); Ecology of Cooperation and Al...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Altruism - The Golden Rule Why We Care Tribal Instincts and Cooperation
20 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Mechanisms Underlying Behaviors That Obey the Golden Rule (Donald Pfaff); How Humans Became Such Other Regarding Apes (Sarah B. Hrdy); Tribal Social I...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Altruism - Understanding our Brain and Social Behaviors Trade and Markets and Cooperation
13 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Evolution of Human Altruism (Randolph Nesse); Brain-Based Values (Patricia Churchland); Partner Choice, Markets and the Evolution of Cooperation (...
CARTA: Early Hominids: Hominid Skulls; The Discovery of Little Foot
23 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paleoanthropologist Berhane Asfaw provides insight into what the crania of early Hominids can tell us, and Ronald Clarke chronicles the discovery and ...
CARTA: Early Hominids: Gen Suwa - Hominid Teeth; Significance of Ardipithecus Ramidus
16 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned paleoanthropologist Gen Suwa reveals what dental remains can tell us about early Hominids, and discusses the evolutionary significance of Ard...
CARTA: Early Hominids: A New Cradle for Mankind; The Earliest Hominids of Ethiopia
09 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paleoanthropologists Michel Brunet, Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Sileshi Semaw present their insights into the origins of the earliest Hominids. Serie...
CARTA: Early Hominids: African Origins of Hominids; Paleoenvironments of Early Hominids
02 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned paleoanthropologist Tim White of UC Berkeley, who is widely credited for his role in the discovery of Ardi, gives a fascinating overview of t...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: George Ojemann - Biodiversity in the Human Brain
27 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
George Ojemann, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Washington, explores the neurobiology of human cognition, especially language, memory a...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: Michael Bamshad - Race Ancestry Genomes
27 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michael Bamshad, Division Chief and Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Pediatrics at the University of Washington, explores how evolutionary...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: Peter Parham - Human Immune System Diversity
20 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Parham, Professor in the Departments of Structural Biology and Microbiology & Immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, explores...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: Evan Eichler -Genome Structural Variation
20 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Eichler, University of Washington Professor of Genome Sciences explores large-scale variation in human genomic DNA that contributes to primate ge...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: Carlos Bustamante - Population Genetic Inference in the Personal Genome Era
13 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Carlos Bustamante, Professor of Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine, is a population geneticist whose research focuses on analyzing pat...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: Anne Stone - South American Human Biodiversity
13 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Stone, Associate Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at the Arizona State University, explores population history to und...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: Pascal Gagneux - Great Ape Biodiversity
06 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Pascal Gagneux, an evolutionary biologist at UC San Diego who studies great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas), explores the biodiversity in gr...
CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: Sarah Tishkoff - Local Adaptation
06 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Tishkoff, University of Pennsylvania geneticist, collects DNA samples from a cross-section of Africa’s many ethnic groups to shed light on loc...
Excerpt from CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity and the 2010 US Census
29 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The evolution and origins of human biodiversity pose an interesting conundrum for the 2010 US Census, as told in this poignant anecdote from Ajit Vark...
Excerpt from CARTA: The Evolution of Human Biodiversity and the 2010 US Census
23 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The evolution and origins of human biodiversity pose an interesting conundrum for the 2010 US Census, as told in this poignant anecdote from Ajit Vark...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Art Emotion and Romantic Love - Helen Fisher
10 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned researcher Helen Fisher shares some profound findings about the neural foundations and evolutionary development of emotion and love in humans...
CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures: Cultural Universals
25 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Cultures Series, renowned researchers Donald Brown of UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego’s Jonathan ...
CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures: Learning Culture and Traditions in Monkeys Chimpanzees and Sperm Whales
18 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Series, three renowned researchers, Hal Whitehead, Andrew Whiten and UCLA’s Susan Perry dis...
CARTA: Human and Non-Human Cultures: Vocal Learning and Culture
11 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Series, two renowned researchers, Woods Holes’ Peter Tyack and former UCSD post-graduate Ti...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Aesthetics in Infants and Is There Animal Art?
25 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of CARTA’s Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics Series, renowned researcher Patricia Kuhl shares insights into the development...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Aesthetics and Art in Neanderthal and Paleolithic Cultures
18 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Did our early ancestors produce art? Or do modern humans only think they did? In this episode of the CARTA series Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aest...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Art Music Emotion Love and Human Evolution
11 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of CARTA’s Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics Series, three world-renowned researchers – Antonio Damasio, Helen Fisher and...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Neurobiology Neurology and Art and Aesthetics
04 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of CARTA’s Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics Series, two world-renowned scientists, neurologist Vilayanur Ramachandran and ...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Welcome and Opening Remarks - Ajit Varki and Jean-Pierre Changeux
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Welcoming remarks for CARTA’s Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics symposium held in March 2009. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Researc...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Rules and Constraints of Artistic Creation: The Neurobiologist Viewpoint - Jean-Pierre Changeux
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux shares insight into the neurobiology that mediates the human capacities of aesthetics and creativity. Ser...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Art and Emotions - Antonio Damasio
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned researcher Antonio Damasio shares insight into the neural bases of creativity and emotion. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and ...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Neanderthal Art - Jean-Jacques Hublin
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned anthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin explores the notion of art production by early human ancestors. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Resea...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Paleolithic Art - Randall White
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned anthropologist Randall White explores the notion of art production by early human ancestors. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research an...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Aesthetics and the Infant Mind - Patricia Kuhl
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned researcher Patricia Kuhl shares insights into the development of aesthetics in humans. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Trai...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: The Emotional Power of Music - Isabelle Peretz
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned researcher Isabelle Peretz shares fascinating insights into the power of music on human emotion. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Researc...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: A Critical Analysis of Claims for the Production of Art by Other Animals - Daniel Povinelli
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned researcher Daniel Povinelli explores the notion of creativity and art in animals. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training ...
CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Aesthetic Universals and the Neurology of Art - Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
26 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned neurologist Vilyanur Ramachandran explores the neural bases of the human sense of aesthetics, beauty and art. Series: "CARTA - Center for Aca...