The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins

Event Dates:

Dec 16, 2011 -

1:00pm to 5:30pm

Venue Space:

UCSD - Robinson Auditorium

Event Chairs:

Chris Ruff

Steven Churchill

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	Session Title	Speakers	Location
Fri 12/16	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Chris Ruff, Margaret J. Schoeninger	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Foot and ankle diversity in Australopithecus	Jeremy DeSilva	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Pelvic architecture of Australopithecus sediba and the genus Homo	Steven Churchill	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Insights into hominin bipedalism from gorilla anatomy	Matt Tocheri	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Pleistocene footprints and the evolution of human bipedalism		UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Early hominin body form	Carol Ward	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Limb strength proportions and locomotion in early hominins	Chris Ruff	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	The evolution and relevance of human running	Dan Lieberman	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Bipedalism and the evolution of the genus Homo	Leslie Aiello	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Body fat and bipedality	Matt Cartmill	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium
Fri 12/16	Wrap-Up, Question and Answer and Closing Remarks	Steven Churchill, Chris Ruff, Ajit Varki	UCSD - Robinson Auditorium

Attachment	Size
CARTA Dec 2011 Symposium map.pdf	1.66 MB
Robinson Aud map_with Handicap Parking.pdf	1.67 MB