CARTA - Anthropogeny (Audio)
Multidisciplinary researchers explore the origins of humanity and the many facets of what makes us human.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 672
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – Sriram Sankararaman: The Landscape of Archaic Ancestry in Modern Humans
In this talk, Sriram Sankararaman (UCLA) describes methods that enable us to map the locations of archaic ancestry in present-day humans. He then shows how the applications of these methods helps to…
00:19:37 |
Mon 11 Dec 2017
CARTA: Awareness of Death and Personal Mortality: Implications for Anthropogeny: Responses to Death in Chimpanzees and Other Mammals
Dora Biro explores reactions to death among our closest evolutionary relatives, the Chimpanzee, as well shares insights about reactions among other mammals, and how these observations may provide a l…
00:19:07 |
Mon 04 Dec 2017
CARTA: Cellular and Molecular Explorations of Anthropogeny - Joanna Wysocka Ajit Varki Franck Polleux
The way cells differentiate to eventually form the human brain and all the unique connections that make us human is ultimately the result of processes forged in evolution. Three experts share their i…
00:57:46 |
Wed 29 Nov 2017
CARTA: Cellular and Molecular Explorations of Anthropogeny - Closing Remarks / Question and Answer
Concluding remarks and question and answer session for the symposium: Cellular and Molecular Explorations of Anthropogeny. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" …
00:13:59 |
Fri 24 Nov 2017
CARTA: Cellular and Molecular Explorations of Anthropogeny - Welcome and Introduction
Welcome and introductory remarks to the symposium: Cellular and Molecular Explorations of Anthropogeny Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: …
00:09:29 |
Fri 24 Nov 2017
CARTA: Cellular and Molecular Explorations of Anthropogeny - Rick Livesey Wieland Huttner Arnold Kriegstein
The human brain is one of, if not the most important factor that distinguishes our species from all others. Three experts explore the use of stem cells in understanding the primate brain, genes that…
00:57:11 |
Wed 22 Nov 2017
CARTA: Cellular and Molecular Explorations of Anthropogeny - Fred Gage Evan Eichler
The Salk Institute's Rusty Gage and University of Washington's Evan Eichler explore the mechanisms and evolutionary pathways that have differentiated human neural development and allowed for the emer…
00:52:18 |
Wed 15 Nov 2017
CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Adam Ockelford: Fragments of Genius: Mapping the Mind of a Musical Savant
Exploring the life of musical savant Derek Paravicini, severely developmentally disabled from complications at birth, and how understanding his condition provides evidence for the existence of musica…
00:22:41 |
Mon 16 Oct 2017
CARTA: Implications of Anthropogeny for Medicine and Health - Katie Hinde: Evolving Milk
Katie Hinde (Arizona State Univ) reveals in this talk that milk varies across species, populations, individuals, and across time. She contends, therefore, that decoding mother's milk is necessary to…
00:20:36 |
Tue 05 Sep 2017
CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Karen Berman: From Genes to Neural Circuits to Behavior and Back Again: Neurogenetic Mechanisms in Williams Syndrome
Karen Berman of the National Institutes of Health explores how studying Williams Syndrome is revealing biological mechanisms that confer human variability. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Resear…
00:15:11 |
Mon 04 Sep 2017
Synaesthesia: Enhanced Ability and Extraordinary Experiences
Imagine hearing colors and seeing sounds. Jamie Ward explores the world of synaesthesia where people possess extraordinary perceptions. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in A…
00:02:34 |
Tue 22 Aug 2017
CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Born to be Musical: What We Can Learn from Congenital Anomalies; Fragments of Genius: Mapping the Mind of a Musical Savant; The Incredible Savant Syndrome
The human mind is one of the features that makes our species unusual, and any narrative of our origins must include explanations for how our mental facilities were generated by genetic and cultural e…
00:57:40 |
Wed 26 Jul 2017
CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory; Acquired Savantism in Neurological Conditions;Synaesthesia: From Extraordinary Experiences to Enhanced Abilities
The human mind is one of the features that makes our species unusual, and any narrative of our origins must include explanations for how our mental facilities were generated by genetic and cultural e…
00:56:57 |
Wed 19 Jul 2017
CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: QandA and Closing Remarks
Questions and answer session for the Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind symposium. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32448]
00:47:45 |
Fri 14 Jul 2017
CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Our Brains: Life on a Continuum; From Genes to Neural Circuits to Behavior and Back Again: Neurogenetic Mechanisms in Williams Syndrome; Language at the Extremes
The human mind is one of the features that makes our species unusual, and any narrative of our origins must include explanations for how our mental facilities were generated by genetic and cultural e…
00:55:29 |
Wed 12 Jul 2017
CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Introduction
Introduction to the Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind symposium. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32449]
00:06:24 |
Fri 07 Jul 2017
CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Dan Geschwind: Our Brains: Life on a Continuum
UCLA's Daniel Geschwind explores how cognitive abilities - both extraordinary and those considered disabilities are related as part of the continuum of human behavior enabled by the evolutionary hist…
00:20:38 |
Fri 07 Jul 2017
CARTA: Implications of Anthropogeny for Medicine and Health - Ajit Varki: Are There Human-Specific Diseases?
In this talk, Ajit Varki (UC San Diego) offers some surprising examples of common human diseases that appear to be either absent in our closest living evolutionary cousins (the so-called "great apes"…
00:16:22 |
Mon 03 Jul 2017
CARTA: Awareness of Death and Personal Mortality: Implications for Anthropogeny:The Archaeology of Immortality in the Ancient World
Colin Renfrew provides insight into the emergence of notions of immortality by looking at the archaeology of burials from long before the advent of agriculture through the creation of state societies…
00:23:05 |
Mon 26 Jun 2017
CARTA: Awareness of Death and Personal Mortality: Implications for Anthropogeny: The Lure of Death: Suicide as a Uniquely Human Phenomenon
Nicholas Humphrey gives a sobering look at the uniquely human trait of suicide, its alarming prevalence, and what this means to human biological fitness. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research…
00:21:07 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
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