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: Domestication and Human Evolution - Richard Wrangham: Did Homo Sapiens Self-Domesticate?
In this talk Richard Wrangham (Harvard Univ) puts forth the theory that Homo sapiens are, in fact, a self-domesticated species. He defines “self-domestication” as the evolution of a reduced propensi…
00:21:10 |
Fri 12 Dec 2014
CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution – Robert Wayne: The Transformation of Wolf to Dog: History Traits and Genetics
Robert Wayne (UCLA) presents a historical perspective on dog evolution in this talk. The timing and context of dog domestication is controversial. Wayne’s findings place domestication at a time whe…
00:21:18 |
Fri 12 Dec 2014
CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution - Anna Kukekova: Fox Domestication and Genetics of Complex Behaviors
Anna Kukekova (Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) discusses the genetics-centered view of domestication that was supported by the experimental selection of farm-bred foxes (Vulpes vulpes) at the R…
00:19:20 |
Fri 12 Dec 2014
CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution - QandA and Closing Remarks
Closing remarks and Q&A for the symposium “Domestication and Human Evolution.” Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 28903]
00:55:30 |
Fri 12 Dec 2014
CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution: Domestication and Vocal Behavior in Finches; Did Homo Sapiens Self-Domesticate?; The Domesticated Brain
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 with domesticated species since perhaps at least th…
00:55:54 |
Mon 08 Dec 2014
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
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 with domesticated species since perhaps at least th…
00:57:20 |
Thu 04 Dec 2014
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
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 with domesticated species since perhaps at least th…
00:57:26 |
Mon 01 Dec 2014
CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Born Human: How the Utterly Dependent Survive
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy(UC Davis) discusses how reliance on allomaternal assistance to rear young rendered mothers increasingly sensitive to signals of how much social support she and her offspring could …
00:21:52 |
Wed 06 Aug 2014
CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Christopher Boehm: Warfare and Feuding in Pleistocene Societies
In this talk, Christopher Boehm (USC) discusses how today’s hunter-gatherers are used to portray likely patterns of male aggression among culturally-modern foragers in the Late Pleistocene epoch. Pa…
00:19:59 |
Fri 01 Aug 2014
CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Patricia Lambert: Bioarchaeological Perspectives on Male Violence in Prehistory
Patricia Lambert (Utah State Univ) examines the bioarchaeological evidence for violence and warfare in ancient California. Violent injuries in human skeletal remains provide one of the most compelli…
00:20:37 |
Fri 01 Aug 2014
CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Anne Pusey: Intergroup Violence: Chimpanzees and Lions
In both lions and chimpanzees, males cooperate in inter-group conflict with group-mates who are often relatives and with whom they maintain close, life-long social bonds. Anne Pusey (Duke Univ) disc…
00:19:05 |
Fri 01 Aug 2014
CARTA: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution – Richard Wrangham: Parallel Evolution of Humanity and Savagery
Human male violence is paradoxical. On the one hand, within social groups there is a strong tendency for avoidance of direct conflicts such that confrontations between angry individuals or groups no…
00:20:31 |
Fri 01 Aug 2014
CARTA: Summary Remarks Question and Answer Session and Close: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution
Summary, question and answer session and closing statement for the symposium Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution that takes a fresh look at the causes and consequences of variation in agg…
00:44:59 |
Fri 01 Aug 2014
CARTA: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution
Welcome and opening remarks for the symposium Male Aggression and Violence in Human Evolution that takes a fresh look at the causes and consequences of variation in aggression, both between and withi…
00:10:46 |
Fri 01 Aug 2014
CARTA: Male Violence in Human Evolution – Kim Hill: Male Violence Among Aché and Hiwi Hunter-Gatherers
In order to understand how warfare and violence have shaped the natural history of our species, and perhaps favored adaptations that respond to this important life threat, we need to document what ty…
00:21:08 |
Fri 01 Aug 2014
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?
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 human lineage. The frequency and nature of such…
00:56:14 |
Mon 28 Jul 2014
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
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 human lineage. The frequency and nature of such…
00:58:06 |
Mon 21 Jul 2014
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
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 human lineage. The frequency and nature of such…
00:51:45 |
Mon 14 Jul 2014
CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Kim Bard: Infant State in Apes and Humans
Kim Bard of the University of Portsmouth, UK presents data on comparative development of infant states, that is, states of arousal, state regulation, emotion states, and engagement states in chimpanz…
00:21:05 |
Fri 02 May 2014
CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Closing remarks and Question and Answer session
Closing remarks and Question and Answer session Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 28038]
00:34:49 |
Fri 02 May 2014
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