Patricia Greenfield Distinguished Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology Associate, Harvard Department of Human Evolutionary Biology A Theoretical and Empirical Approach to Cultural Evolution: Intergenerational Transmission, Cognition, and Creativity For the theoretical approach, I will present my multilevel theory of ecological change, cultural evolution, and human development. For the empirical evidence, I will report findings from […]
To Save Humankind, Kill Off the Hero’s Journey of Human Evolution Holly Dunsworth University of Rhode Island In Narratives of Human Evolution, Misia Landau revealed that late 19th and early 20th century fathers of human evolutionary theory, including Charles Darwin, unconsciously conformed their stories to the key structural elements of Russian folktales. Dunsworth argues that […]
What can deer tell us about our voice? How sexual selection may have shaped human vocal diversity David Reby Professor of Ethology, Equipe de Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielle, Université Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne Many animal species use vocal communication, but humans are unique in the ability to control the vocal production of an incredible diversity of sounds, […]
On the Number of Genealogical Ancestors: Tracing to the Source Groups of an Admixed Population Jazlyn Mooney Dept. of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California In genetically admixed populations, admixed individuals possess ancestry from multiple source groups. Studies of human genetic admixture frequently estimate ancestry components corresponding to fractions of individual genomes that […]
Surviving the heights: Environmental adaptations and multispecies genetics in the Andes Kelsey Jorgensen Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Anthropology, UCLA Human populations have thrived in the Peruvian Andes for thousands of years despite extreme environmental stressors of hypoxia, cold temperatures, and times of food scarcity. These evolutionary environmental pressures have shaped unique genetic adaptations and continue […]
Rhythm coordination in animal species, including humans: Entrainment from bushcricket chorusing to the philharmonic orchestra. Michael Greenfield ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab, CRNL, University of Saint-Etienne, CNRS Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas Repetitive cycles of an activity or state, generally known as rhythm, are ubiquitous in living organisms, occurring in all branches […]
Motherhood on ice: The mating gap and why women freeze their eggs Marcia Inhorn Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, Yale University Why are women freezing their eggs in record numbers? Contrary to media reports, which suggest that women’s career ambitions are the main determinant of women’s fertility postponement, women themselves offer different explanations for […]
Primate Extinction in the Anthropocene and the Tail of Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus Nelson Ting Professor, Department of Anthropology & Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon There have been five mass extinction events in the history of Earth, and it is thought we are in the midst of a sixth. The consequences of […]
Embodiment of Stress and Trauma in the Perinatal Period Kyle Wiley Recent UCLA post-doctoral researcher The associations between adverse social experiences and poor health outcomes are well-documented and consistent across societies. My work interrogates intergenerational patterns of health disparities by combining methods and perspectives across biological anthropology, human biology, psychoneuroendocrinology and -immunology, and public health. […]
How people forage in space and mind Peter M. Todd Provost Professor of Cognitive Science, Psychology, and Informatics Indiana University, Bloomington How do we decide when to search for something better and when to stick with what we’ve got? People and other organisms must adaptively trade off between exploring and exploiting their environment to obtain […]
