Understanding Human Origins: Implications for Medicine

Event Dates:

Dec 12, 2008 -

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue Space:

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.

Date	Media	Session Title	Speakers
Fri 12/12		Opening Remarks	Fred Gage, Salk Institute
Fri 12/12		A Brief Overview of Human Evolution	Bernard Wood, George Washington University
Fri 12/12		Uniquely-Human Features of Female Reproductive Biology	Kurt Benirschke, University of California, San Diego (retired)
Fri 12/12		Unique Features of Human Life History	Stephen Stearns, Yale University
Fri 12/12		Mother-Infant Relationships and Implications for Infant Disorders	James McKenna, University of Notre Dame
Fri 12/12		Medical Consequences of Bipedalism	Wenda Trevathan, Professor Emerita, New Mexico State University
Fri 12/12		Uniquely-Human Adaptations to Meat-Eating	Caleb Finch, University of Southern California
Fri 12/12		Disease Differences Between Humans and Other Hominids	Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Fri 12/12		Von Economo Neurons in Human Neuropsychiatric Illness	John Allman, California Institute of Technology
Fri 12/12		Psychiatric Disease in Evolutionary Perspective	Randolph Nesse, Arizona State University
Fri 12/12		Closing Remarks	Margaret Schoeninger, University of California, San Diego

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2008_12_12_CARTA_2.mp4	82.87 MB