BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture - ECPv6.16.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bec.ucla.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20020407T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20021027T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20030406T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20031026T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20040404T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20041031T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20031006T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20031006T000000
DTSTAMP:20201006T231400Z
CREATED:20200922T213525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201006T231400Z
UID:3934-1065398400-1065398400@bec.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Jared Diamond - Environmental fragility: What was special about Easter Island?
DESCRIPTION:Jared Diamond: UCLA Dept. of GeographySome societies have suffered environmental collapses in the past (Easter Island\, Angkor Wat\, Anasazi\, Classic Maya…)\, while others have remained intact for thousands of years (Japan\, Northwest Europe\, Java\, Tikopia…). Some countries are close to collapse today\, while others are not. What makes some societies more fragile than others? Authors variously seek either geographic or cultural explanations. Barry Rolett’s and my recent re-analysis of Easter Island shows the importance of both types of explanations. Analysis of a data-base of 80 Pacific islands whose societies had widely differing outcomes reveals nine geographic variables predisposing towards deforestation. Easter was especially fragile on almost all nine counts. But there were also four cultural factors that contributed. In short\, collapses aren’t accidents.
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/jared-diamond-environmental-fragility-what-was-special-about-easter-island/
CATEGORIES:Past Presentation,Presentation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20031013T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20031013T000000
DTSTAMP:20201006T231400Z
CREATED:20200922T213525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201006T231400Z
UID:3935-1066003200-1066003200@bec.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Carl Bergstrom - Information in Biology
DESCRIPTION:Carl Bergstrom: University of Washington Dept. of BiologyOver the past 3.5 billion years\, biological organisms have evolved to acquire\, process\, store\, and transmit information. How have organisms evolved to handle the same problems with which we are confronted in this so-called Information Age: problems of information storage and processing\, problems of transmission and reliability\, problems of trust and deception? For all the attention that is directed toward the changing conception of information and its function in our world\, remarkably little is known about the broad role of information in biological systems. \nIn dealing with information\, similar strategic problems are faced across levels of organization. Moreover\, a similar process – evolution\nby natural selection – has generated the solutions that we observe. I argue for the value of a comparative theoretical approach to understanding the problems inherent in information handling\, using examples at scales from intracellular regulation to human communication.http://octavia.zoology.washington.edu/signalling/peacock.pdf
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/carl-bergstrom-information-in-biology/
CATEGORIES:Past Presentation,Presentation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20031020T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20031020T000000
DTSTAMP:20201006T231400Z
CREATED:20200922T213526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201006T231400Z
UID:3936-1066608000-1066608000@bec.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Peter Gray  - Pair-bonding\, parenting and human male testosterone variation
DESCRIPTION:Peter Gray : Charles Drew UniversityTwo hallmarks of human male reproductive strategies are the formation of long-term bonds with a mate and the provision of paternal care. These activities may\, in part\, be exclusive to male-male competition and mate-seeking\, the main components of mating effort. From a complementary\, mechanistic perspective\, the steroid hormone testosterone (T) may modulate behavioral allocation to male mating and parenting effort. I present a growing body of evidence addressing this proposition. This evidence includes four studies that colleagues and I have conducted in the U.S. as well as data on Kenyan Swahili men that help provide a cross-cultural perspective.http://www.bec.ucla.edu/papers/Gray_10-20-03.pdf
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/peter-gray-pair-bonding-parenting-and-human-male-testosterone-variation/
CATEGORIES:Past Presentation,Presentation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20031027T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20031027T000000
DTSTAMP:20201006T231359Z
CREATED:20200922T213527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201006T231359Z
UID:3937-1067212800-1067212800@bec.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Tim German - Acquiring an understanding of design: Developmental and cross-cultural evidence
DESCRIPTION:Tim German: UCSB PsychologyThe human ability to make tools and use them to solve problems may not be zoologically unique\, but it is certainly extraordinary. Yet little is known about the conceptual machinery that makes humans so competent at making and using tools. Do adults and children have concepts specialized for understanding human-made artifacts? If so\, are these concepts deployed in attempts to solve novel problems? In this talk I will review evidence from children’s insight problem solving tasks which suggests that there are changes in the way that artifact concepts organize knowledge in problem solving over the late preschool and early school age years. I characterize this as children beginning to take a ‘design stance’ with respect to their representation of artifact concepts. One effect of this change in artifact representation manifests as decreases in the flexibility with which tools are employed to solve novel problems. I will also present preliminary evidence for the possible effect of a ‘design stance’ on adult problem solving in a non technologically promiscuous culture.http://www.bec.ucla.edu/papers/German_10-27-03.pdf
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/tim-german-acquiring-an-understanding-of-design-developmental-and-cross-cultural-evidence/
CATEGORIES:Past Presentation,Presentation
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR