Ryan Nichols – Lineage Fitness Theory and the Lineage Manipulation and Mutualism Mechanism: Bridging Evolutionary Social Sciences & Cultural Evolution
February 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmJustin Lund – Storytelling, sovereignty, and STEM
January 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmNicholas Grebe – Snark Hunting and Non-Traditional Models for the Biology of Monogamy
January 6 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmDavid Pietraszewski – The evolutionary psychology of psychology
December 2, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmAndreas Wilke – The adaptivity of children’s search processes
November 18, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture (BEC) unites scholars exploring the connections among evolution, culture, the mind, and society.
BEC provides a framework to facilitate research and training on the interaction among natural selection, cultural transmission, social relations, and psychology.
This web site provides an overview of who we are and what we do. For additional information about the Center, and to learn how you can get involved, please contact the Director, Clark Barrett.