CARTA 10th Anniversary: Revisiting the Agenda

Summary
More than 20 years ago, a small group of La Jolla academics began periodic meetings for transdisciplinary discussions on anthropogeny (explaining the origin of humans)––an effort that blossomed into an international intellectual collaborative organized by UC San Diego and the Salk Institute as the Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA). At the formal opening of CARTA just over 10 years ago a group of CARTA leaders and advisors attempted to “define the agenda”. Much additional relevant information has since emerged, and an expanded group of experts will now revisit the agenda by addressing the following questions on a broad array of selected topics: What do we know for certain? What do we think we know? What do we need to know? How do we proceed?––Effectively, a whirlwind tour of many but not all approaches to anthropogeny.

Event Sessions

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Date	Media	Session Title	Speakers
Sat 3/23		Opening Remarks	Fred Gage, Elizabeth Simmons, David Brenner
Sat 3/23		Comparative Cognition in Primates	Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Sat 3/23		Behavior & Ecology	James Moore
Sat 3/23		Paleoanthropology & Comparative Anatomy	William Kimbel
Sat 3/23		Nutrition & Paleodiet	Margaret Schoeninger
Sat 3/23		Comparative Genomics	Evan Eichler
Sat 3/23		Ancient DNA of Humans and Their Pathogens	Anne Stone
Sat 3/23		Human Population Genetics and Origins	Sarah Tishkoff
Sat 3/23		Comparative Medicine	Ajit Varki
Sat 3/23		Mental Disease	Daniel Geschwind
Sat 3/23		Hunter-Gatherers/ Life History & Reproduction	Kristen Hawkes
Sat 3/23		Parenting and Child Development	Alyssa Crittenden
Sat 3/23		Comparative Brain Anatomy	Katerina Semendeferi
Sat 3/23		Language	David Perlmutter
Sat 3/23		Computational Neuroscience	Terry Sejnowski
Sat 3/23		Cultural Evolution and Dual Inheritance	Joseph Henrich
Sat 3/23		Morality & Cooperation	Patricia Churchland
Sat 3/23		Closing Remarks	Pascal Gagneux

Event Glossary

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