UCSD/Salk Center
The UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny
("CARTA") was established in January 2008. One mission of CARTA is to
conduct Public Symposia on topics of interest to Human Origins. There
is no cost to attend these events. If you are interested please save the
following dates and times - more information will follow later:
SEPTEMBER 19 2008
Formal Opening of the CARTA
and Public Symposium on "Anthropogeny: Defining the Agenda"
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. UCSD La Jolla Price Center New Ballroom
DECEMBER 12, 2008
Public Symposium: "Understanding Human Origins: Implications for Medicine"
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. UCSD Liebow Auditorium
Details of September 19, 2008 Program
Symposium Title: "Anthropogeny: Defining the Agenda"
Chairs:
Ajit Varki, Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCSD
Fred H. Gage, Professor, Salk Institute & Adjunct Professor of Neurosciences, UCSD
Margaret Schoeninger, Professor and Past Chair of Anthropology, UCSD
Confirmed Speakers to Date:
Francisco J. Ayala, University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of
Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Kristen Hawkes, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of
Utah
Bernard A. Wood, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University
Derek Denton, Founding Director, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jon Kaas, Centennial Professor of Psychology, Venderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
James Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UCSD
Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Professor and Director, Primate Research Institute Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Svante Paabo, Director, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig, Germany
David M. Perlmutter, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, UCSD
Details of December 12th. 2008 Program:
Symposium Title: "Understanding Human Origins: Implications for Medicine"
Confirmed Speakers (talk titles tentative):
Bernard A. Wood, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
"A Brief Overview of Human Evolution"
Robert Sapolsky, Stanford University
"Health Consequences of Changes in Human Social Organization and Stress"
Kurt Benirschke, University of California, San Diego, California
"Uniquely-Human Features of Female Reproductive Biology"
Wenda Trevathan, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
"Medical Consequences of Bipedalism"
Stephen Stearns, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
"Unique Features of Human Life History and Implications for Disease"
James McKenna, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
"Mother-Infant Relationships and Implications for Infant Disorders"
Caleb E. Finch, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
"Uniquely-Human Adaptations to Meat-Eating"
Randolph M. Nesse, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Psychiatric Disease in Evolutionary Perspective"
Ajit Varki, University of California, San Diego, California
"Disease Differences Between Humans and Other Hominids"