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.

Anniversary banners were created especially for this event to represent the 10th Anniversary Celebration, CARTA Supporters, The Evolution of CARTA, Graduate Specialization in Anthropogeny, and Visionaries Who Shaped CARTA (In Memoriam).

Event Sessions

Media for each talk can be played by clicking on icons in the "Media" column, or by clicking on the individual talk titles below and then the attachment file at the bottom of the page.

Media	Session	Speakers
	Opening Remarks	Fred Gage, Salk Institute for Biological Studies Elizabeth Simmons, University of California, San Diego David Brenner, University of California, San Diego
	Comparative Cognition in Primates	Tetsuro Matsuzawa, California Institute of Technology
	Behavior & Ecology	James Moore, Assoc. Prof. Emeritus, Anthropology Dept, UCSD
	Paleoanthropology & Comparative Anatomy	William Kimbel, Arizona State University
	Nutrition & Paleodiet	Margaret Schoeninger, University of California, San Diego
	Comparative Genomics	Evan Eichler, University of Washington School of Medicine
	Ancient DNA of Humans and Their Pathogens	Anne Stone, Arizona State University
	Human Population Genetics and Origins	Sarah Tishkoff, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
	Comparative Medicine	Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine
	Mental Disease	Daniel Geschwind, University of California, Los Angeles
	Hunter-Gatherers/ Life History & Reproduction	Kristen Hawkes, University of Utah
	Parenting and Child Development	Alyssa Crittenden, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
	Comparative Brain Anatomy	Katerina Semendeferi, University of California, San Diego
	Language	David Perlmutter, University of California, San Diego
	Computational Neuroscience	Terry Sejnowski, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
	Cultural Evolution and Dual Inheritance	Joseph Henrich, Harvard University
	Morality & Cooperation	Patricia Churchland, University of California, San Diego
	Closing Remarks	Pascal Gagneux, University of California, San Diego

Event Glossary

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