CARTA - Anthropogeny (Audio) - Podcast

CARTA - Humans: The Planet-Altering Apes - How to Feed 10 Billion People with Walter Willett

The world is facing a health crisis due to increasing rates of obesity and diabetes, and the consequences of this pandemic will accumulate over the coming decades. Simultaneously, climate change is a…

00:17:50 | Sat 14 May 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks

This CARTA public symposia focuses on the long and short-term impact of humans on the planet that we inhabit, and the consequences for the future of our species. This also gives us the opportunity to…

01:12:09 | Thu 21 Apr 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene - Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks (Gage and Kennel)

This CARTA public symposia focuses on the long and short-term impact of humans on the planet that we inhabit, and the consequences for the future of our species. This also gives us the opportunity to…

00:07:08 | Thu 07 Apr 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene with Leslie Aiello Michael Purugganan and Vanessa Ezenwa

Speakers Leslie Aiello, Michael Purugganan and Vanessa Ezenwa discuss humanity's past, present and future of the Anthropocene. Aiello speaks on how the human capacity to change the planet is not some…

00:57:29 | Thu 07 Apr 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene with Mark Moffett Charles Kennel and Martin Rees

Speakers Mark Moffett, Charles Kennel and Martin Rees discuss humanity's past, present and future of the Anthropocene. Moffett examines the effects of the most aggressive ants on the environment, arg…

00:50:40 | Mon 04 Apr 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene with V. Ramanathan Nancy Knowlton and David (Jonah) Western

Speakers V. Ramanathan, Nancy Knowlton and Jonah Western discuss humanity's past, present and future of the Anthropocene. Veerabhadran Ramanathan has had the privilege and pleasure of collaborating w…

00:52:01 | Thu 31 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on The Oceans and the Anthropocene with Nancy Knowlton

The ocean is enormous, indeed so large that for centuries we assumed that there was nothing we could do to substantially harm it. Unfortunately, we now know that this is not true. We are having succe…

00:15:29 | Mon 28 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on How Humans Evolved the Capacity to Change the Entire Planet with Leslie Aiello

The human capacity to change the planet is not something new, but is rooted in our deep evolutionary past. One of the hallmarks of humans is our large brain size, which began to expand about 2 millio…

00:21:32 | Tue 22 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on The Domestication of Crops and the Anthropocene with Michael Purugganan

Domesticated species of crops are an interesting group of organisms that have co-evolved with Homo sapiens, and have been important in human survival and fitness. We trace the origin and spread of th…

00:23:57 | Fri 18 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on We Alone: How Humans Have Conquered the Planet and Can Also Save It with David (Jonah) Western

Conservation is common to all societies which learned to live within ecosystem limits. In breaking the evolutionary and biological straight-jackets constricting other species, we became the ultimate …

00:17:41 | Wed 16 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on Honoring Paul Crutzen A Personal Appreciation with V. Ramanathan

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has had the privilege and pleasure of collaborating with Paul Crutzen for more than 40 years. During the year 2000, when he announced to the world about his Anthropocene conce…

00:20:07 | Wed 16 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases with Vanessa Ezenwa

Climate change is one of the hallmarks of the Anthropocene. Rising global temperatures are having profound effects on ecosystems and the organisms that inhabit them, including disease-causing organis…

00:12:37 | Mon 14 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on Potential Utopian and Dystopian Futures with Martin Rees

This century is the first in Earth's history when the catastrophic threats to the entire planet can be induced by one species, humans. We have an ever-heavier collective footprint on the planet. We’r…

00:18:25 | Sat 12 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on The Coming Crisis of the Anthropocene with Charles Kennel

Connections between past and present human exploitation of the environment, the coming crisis of the Anthropocene and what we humans can do to alleviate the crisis. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academ…

00:14:45 | Thu 10 Mar 2022

CARTA: Human Origins and Humanity’s Future: Past Present and Future of the Anthropocene on Ants and the Anthropocene with Mark Moffett

This talk considers the effects of the most aggressive ants on the environment, arguing that certain invasive species resemble humans in their capacity for global conquest and environmental destructi…

00:18:06 | Wed 09 Mar 2022

CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny: From Molecules to Societies - Carol Marchetto Joseph Hacia and James Rilling

UC San Diego professor Carol Marchetto discusses how a comparative gene expression analysis of human and non-human primates revealed differences in the regulation of a class of transposable elements …

00:53:51 | Tue 09 Nov 2021

CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny: From Molecules to Societies - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks

This symposium addresses several important distinctly human characteristics that range from molecules, to metabolism, anatomy, disease, and behavior. Goals include transdisciplinary interactions, imp…

00:55:27 | Sun 07 Nov 2021

CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny: From Molecules to Societies - The Impact of Intergroup Social Ties on Coalitionary Aggression - Polly Wiessner

Unlike our closest primate relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, humans form strong intergroup ties which can mitigate coalitionary aggression and make peace possible. However, such bonds can also be u…

00:22:26 | Sat 06 Nov 2021

CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny: From Molecules to Societies - LINE1 Retrotransposons - Carol Marchetto

Identifying cellular and molecular differences between human and non-human primates is essential to the basic understanding of the evolution and diversity of our own species. While preserved tissues …

00:20:41 | Sat 06 Nov 2021

CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny: From Molecules to Societies - Dietrich Stout Pascal Gagneux and James O'Connell

Emory University professor Dietrich Stout discusses an evolutionarily motivated definition of technology that highlights three key features: material production, social collaboration, and cultural re…

00:53:19 | Fri 05 Nov 2021

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