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156 results for "Evolution "
The making of the monkey mind: insights into primate cognitive and social evolution
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Julia Fischer, Professor of Primate Cognition, University of Göttingen. My research centers on the link between nonhuman primate cognition, communication, and social behavior. Combining proximate and evolutionary levels of analysis, I aim to identify how...
HEB Colloquium: "Diet, culture, and technology in the evolution of the hominin lineage"
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"Diet, culture, and technology in the evolution of the hominin lineage" with Dr. Jacob Harris, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Evolutionary Anthropology, Dept of Anthropology, UCLA Monday, 2/14/22, at 2:00 pm EST Virtual - RSVP to mmccoy@fas.harvard.edu for...
The Cultural Evolution of Political Institutions
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The Cultural Evolution of Political Institutions A doctoral dissertation defense by Graham Noblit, PhD Candidate in HEB Abstract: Humans, uniquely among organisms, rely on norms, or socially learned rules of behavior enforced by a community. Norms, and...
Herman Pontzer Colloquium Lecture: "Brains, Babies, and Bipedalism: The Evolution of the Human Metabolic Strategy"
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Dr. Herman Pontzer (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College, City University of New York) will give a lecture titled, "Brains, Babies, and Bipedalism: The Evolution of the Human Metabolic Strategy." Abstract: Humans have the largest brains...
HEB Colloquium: "The evolution of the mammalian gut microbiome"
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Moeller, Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Abstract: Abstract: Mammals harbor complex gut bacterial communities that are deeply integrated with their hosts’ phenotypes and fitness, but the...
Mariel Young Dissertation Defense, "Investigating the Evolution of the Scapula and Pelvis via Developmental Genetics"
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"Investigating the Evolution of the Scapula and Pelvis via Developmental Genetics" Mariel Young, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology Wed. April 28, 10:00-11:00 am EST Please RSVP to Mallory McCoy for the zoom link & password (mmccoy...
Early innate immune response and evolution of a SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site inactive variant in bat cells
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2 has caused the largest known coronavirus pandemic and is believed to have emerged from insectivorous bats. Little is known about the evolution of these viruses in their reservoir bat species. In this study, we investigate the SARS-CoV-2-host...
Alex Pollen Colloquium Lecture: "Development and Evolution of the Human Cerebral Cortex "
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Dr. Alex Pollen (Postdoctoral Scholar, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California at San Francisco) will be kicking off HEB's 2015-16 Colloquium Lecture Series by lecturing on "Development and...
The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
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We Homo sapiens can be the nicest of species and also the nastiest. What occurred during human evolution to account for this paradox? What are the two kinds of aggression that primates are prone to, and why did each evolve separately? How does the...
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
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How our collective intelligence has helped us to evolve and prosper
Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or...