Saturday, April 23, 2011

Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny - The Evolution of Human Altruism

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UCTV - via the University of California, San Diego and the Salk Institute - has uploaded a series of videos from the Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) symposium on The Evolution of Human Altruism. This post offers three of the lectures - with more to come - the speakers in bold print below are included in this post (Churchland is in the first video, Hrdy is in the second video, Nesse is in the third one).
CARTA Symposium Title: "The Evolution of Human Altruism"

CARTA Symposium Title: "The Evolution of Human Altruism"

Date: Friday, December 10th, 2010

Sponsor: UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

Co-Directors: Ajit Varki, UCSD; Fred H. Gage, Salk Institute; Margaret J. Schoeninger, UCSD

Associate Director: Pascal Gagneux, UCSD

Symposium Co-Chairs:
Randolph Nesse, The University of Michigan; Sarah Hrdy, University of California, Davis; Patricia Churchland, University of California, San Diego

SPEAKERS

Randolph Nesse, The University of Michigan
"The Evolution of Human Capacities for Altruism"

Christopher Boehm, University of Southern California
"Social Selection Versus the Notorious Free Rider"

Sarah Hrdy, University of California, Davis
"How Humans Became Such 'Other-Regarding' Apes"

Peter Richerson, University of California, Davis
"Evolution, Cultures and the Capacities for Altruism"

Peter Hammerstein, Humboldt University, Berlin
"Partner Choice, Markets and the Evolution of Cooperation"

Steve Frank, University of California, Irvine
"Social Evolution in Microbes, Animals and Humans"

Donald W. Pfaff, The Rockefeller University
"Neural Basis of Altruism"

Patricia Churchland, University of California, San Diego
"Brain-Based Values"

Please visit the CARTA website for Announcements about future Public Symposia: http://carta.anthropogeny.org/

Sponsored by the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation and Annette C. Merle-Smith.

CARTA: Human Altruism - Brain and Behavior, Trade and Cooperation

Explore the variety of approaches being used to understand the evolution of human altruism, how the mammalian brain contributes to the development of social behaviors and how the concepts of trade and markets apply to understanding the development of cooperation in humans. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [4/2011] [Science] [Show ID: 20476]


CARTA: Human Altruism - Golden Rule, Caring Apes, Tribal Instincts

Explore mechanisms that compel us to obey the "Golden Rule", why humans are such "other-regarding" apes and how tribal social instincts influence cooperative behavior. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [4/2011] [Science] [Show ID: 21109]


CARTA: Altruism - Evolution of Human Capacities for Altruism



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