Other Videos

In addition to public symposia, CARTA occasionally offers standalone presentations on subjects related to anthropogeny and an archive of their video recordings below. Students from the anthropogeny specialization have also curated playlists from CARTA's public symposia.


Humans: The Planet-Altering Apes

Pascal Gagneux, CARTA's Executive Co-Director, discusses the existential challenges of human expansion across the globe
May 18, 2024


CARTA 2023 Anthropogeny Field Course

An overview of the 2023 Anthropogeny Field Course with participant interviews and site visits
February 23, 2024


Understanding Human Origins through Anthropogeny

Pascal Gagneux, CARTA's Executive Co-Director, talks with World of Paleoanthropology
September 13, 2023


The Stoned Ape Theory is Bad

Pascal Gagneux, CARTA's Executive Co-Director, talks with Neuro Transmissions
October 20, 2021


Cavemen to Spacemen

Cavemen to Spacemen is a www.EventRap.com music video collaboration with Mega Ran (lyrics)
June 28, 2023


Healthy Hominids

Healthy Hominids is a www.EventRap.com music video collaboration with MC ZEPS (lyrics)
April 12, 2023


I'm Human

Baba Brinkman unpacks some of the findings and also some of the unanswered questions in the field of "Anthropogeny" (lyrics)
April 7, 2023


The Language Instinct

Is Language Innate? Nathan Dufour Oglesby raps about "The Language Instinct" - title drawn from a book by Steven Pinker (lyrics)
November 30, 2022


Grandmother Hypothesis

Dizzy Senze raps about The Grandmother Hypothesis, which links human grandparental care and the evolution of big brains (lyrics)
November 22, 2022


CARTA Music Video

Baba Brinkman tells the story of the Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (lyrics)
June 14, 2022


"Mating Machine": Chimps in Issa Valley, Tanzania

Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) presents "Mating Machine", a documentary about chimps in the Issa Valley of Tanzania.
August 23, 2021


CARTA ~ GMERC Partnership

Celebrating CARTA's partnership with Greater Mahale Ecosystem Research & Conservation
June 14, 2022


How are Humans Different from Other Great Apes?

Presented by Gordon N. Gill, Fred H. Gage, Pascal Gagneux, Margaret J. Schoeninger, and Ajit Varki at an AAAS Stated Meeting
October 23, 2017


Exploring Human Origins in Africa

Alie Caldwell's journey through the "Cradle of Humanity" during CARTA's field course in East Africa
October 1, 2017


Understanding Human Evolution: Implications for the Theory & Practice of Medicine

Presented by Ajit Varki, University of California, San Diego
September 6, 2016