The Evolution of Human Altruism | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

Event Dates:

Dec 10, 2010 -

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue Space:

Event Chairs:

Patricia Churchland, University of California, San Diego
Randolph Nesse, Arizona State University
Sarah Hrdy, Professor Emerita, University of California, Davis

Event Sessions

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Date	Session Title	Speakers
Fri 12/10	Opening Remarks	Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Fri 12/10	The Evolution of Human Capacities for Altruism	Randolph Nesse, Arizona State University
Fri 12/10	Ecology of Cooperation and Altruism in Humans and Chimpanzee	Christophe Boesch, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Fri 12/10	How Humans Became Such 'Other-Regarding' Apes	Sarah Hrdy, Professor Emerita, University of California, Davis
Fri 12/10	Tribal Social Instincts and Human Cooperation	Peter Richerson, University of California, Davis
Fri 12/10	Partner Choice, Markets and the Evolution of Cooperation	Peter Hammerstein, Humboldt University Berlin
Fri 12/10	Social Evolution in Microbes, Animals and Humans	Steve Frank, UC Irvine
Fri 12/10	Neural Basis of Altruism	Donald Pfaff, Rockefeller University
Fri 12/10	Brain-Based Values	Patricia Churchland, University of California, San Diego
Fri 12/10	Social Selection Versus the Notorious Free Rider	Christopher Boehm, University of Southern California