Evolution and Human Behavior Seminar Series

Seminar Atmosphere: Refreshments will be served before (and after) speaker’s presentation

Time: Wednesday at 4:15pm to 5:30pm (the talk start promptly at 4:30pm)

Location: Geosciences 206 (Anthro Conference Room)

Organizers: John Kingston & Joe Henrich

Sept 10	John Kingston: 61 moons of Jupiter: Who’s driving human evolution?
Sept 17	Jim Rilling: A monkey model for the neural basis of male sexual jealousy
Sept 24	Sarah Brosnan: What can non-human primates tell us about human behavior? Lessons from culture and cooperation
Oct 1	Lore Ruttan: Does heterogeneity hinder or facilitate cooperation? Preliminary evidence from the lab and the field.
Oct 8	Todd Preuss: New Approaches to Human Brain Evolution
Oct 15	Bob McCauley: Psychological Constraints on Religious Ritual Patterns
Oct 22	Joe Henrich: The evolution of complex cultural adaptations
Oct 29	Lori Marino: Reconstructing Big Trends in Big Brains
Nov 5	Jonathan Kingdon: Lowly Origins
Nov 12	Mel Konner: Human Nature: What it is, Why it’s real
Dec 3	Larry Barsalou: Exploring relations between embodied cognition and evolution
Dec 10	Dan Sellen:  Evolution of human lactation and complementary feeding