CARTA Symposium Title: "The Evolution of Human Altruism"

Date: Friday, December 10th, 2010
Time: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Salk Institute, DeHoffman Auditorium

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

Admission is free but registration is required by sending an e-mail to:
cartaadmin@ucsd.edu.

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.

For further information, please send an e-mail to: cartaadmin@ucsd.edu