Katie Starkweather, UCSB. Title: Climate Change, Women’s Work, and Child Health in Bangladeshi Shodagor Communities
January 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmDelaney Knorr, Duke University — Title: Evolutionary Constraints on Human Pregnancy: How Social Environments and Energetic Limits Shape Maternal-Fetal Health
January 5 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmKatie Sayre, UCSB – Title: “Loneliness and health: insights from the Tsimane Health and Life History Project”
December 1, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmBret Beheim, MPI-EVAN – “Planck’s Principle, Price’s Theorem and the Forces of Cultural Evolution” (via Zoom)
November 17, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmRichard Karban (UC-Davis) – Plant Communication and Individual Personalities
November 3, 2025 @ 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.