CARTA: The Center for Research and Training in Anthropogeny

The link: Home | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)Hi all,I've been away for a looong time; instead of debating evolution on these boards, I've been studying it as a computational neuroscientist and trainee in a newly formed program at UC San Diego on "anthropogeny". Anthropogeny is an old word that means, the study of human origins, which our group has resurrected.This group has been putting on symposia, inviting many of the world's most prominent scientists to give lectures on various topics related to human origins. We just had one over the weekend on the human diet. There was a live webcast; the videos will be posted to UCSD.TV in a couple of months.Most recent symposia, with links to videos, include:

• The Evolution of Human Nutrition (this past weekend)


• Human Origins: Lessons from Autism Spectrum Disorders (Oct 2012)


• Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins (Apr 2012)


• The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins (Dec 2011)


• Uniquely Human Features of the Brain (Oct 2011)


• The Genetics of Humanness (April 2011)

In the future, I'd be happy to post info on public symposia before they happen, for those who might like to tune in via live webcast. In the meantime, glad to share the info here.There's also a database on uniquely human features, that I may post here later, with more details. Here's a quick link for now! Matrix of Comparative AnthropogenyBen

Thanks Asgara!