Premiering Wednesday April 13 at 9pm on UCSD-TV:

The Evolution of Human Altruism
Tune in Wednesdays at 9pm for the latest series from UCSD’s Center for Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), which takes an in-depth look at how humans came to care and cooperate.

April 13 at 9pm
Understanding our Brain and Social Behaviors, Trade and Markets 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 applies to understanding the development of cooperation in humans.

April 20 at 9pm
The Golden Rule, Why We Care, Tribal Instincts and Cooperation
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.

April 27 at 9pm
Biology of Cooperation, Suppressing the “Free-Rider,” Social Ecology and Cooperation
Explore the biological basis of the evolution of cooperation, how and why societies organize to suppress the “free-rider” and how the ecology of societies influence the evolution of cooperation and altruism.

Additional broadcast times and onlien video from this and other CARTA series:
http://www.ucsd.tv/carta

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