Understanding Human Origins: Implications for Medicine
Event Date (Pacific Time):
Friday, Dec 12, 2008 -
1:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue:
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.
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Opening Remarks | Fred Gage, Salk Institute |
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A Brief Overview of Human Evolution | Bernard Wood, George Washington University |
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Uniquely-Human Features of Female Reproductive Biology | Kurt Benirschke, University of California, San Diego (retired) |
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Unique Features of Human Life History | Stephen Stearns, Yale University |
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Mother-Infant Relationships and Implications for Infant Disorders | James McKenna, University of Notre Dame |
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Medical Consequences of Bipedalism | Wenda Trevathan, Professor Emerita, New Mexico State University |
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Uniquely-Human Adaptations to Meat-Eating | Caleb Finch, University of Southern California |
| Disease Differences Between Humans and Other Hominids | Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine | |
| Von Economo Neurons in Human Neuropsychiatric Illness | John Allman, California Institute of Technology | |
| Psychiatric Disease in Evolutionary Perspective | Randolph Nesse, Arizona State University | |
| Closing Remarks | Margaret Schoeninger, University of California, San Diego |
| Attachment | Size |
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| 2008_12_12_CARTA_2.mp4 | 82.87 MB |
