Understanding Human Origins: Implications for Medicine

Event Date (Pacific Time):

Dec 12, 2008 -

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue:

Estancia - Magnolia Room

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
	A Brief Overview of Human Evolution	Bernard Wood, George Washington University
	Uniquely-Human Features of Female Reproductive Biology	Kurt Benirschke, University of California, San Diego (retired)
	Unique Features of Human Life History	Stephen Stearns, Yale University
	Mother-Infant Relationships and Implications for Infant Disorders	James McKenna, University of Notre Dame
	Medical Consequences of Bipedalism	Wenda Trevathan, Professor Emerita, New Mexico State University
	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

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2008_12_12_CARTA_2.mp4	82.87 MB