Evolution, Cognition, and Culture Bagel Hour

What is it? Each week we will hear a presentation or read and discuss an article related to evolutionary anthropology.

When? Every Thursday, 11:30AM - 12:30PM, during the 2010 Fall semester.

Where? Anthropology Graduate Lounge

Who? Any students or faculty who are interested.

Why?  It is an excellent opportunity to keep up with the emerging literature on the topic.

Questions? Contact Richard Sosis at richard.sosis@uconn.edu

Dates:

September 2: Jordan Kiper: Summer Field Work Presentation.

September 9: No Meeting

September 16: Yohsuke Ohtsuboa, Fumiko Masudaa, Esuka Watanabea & Ayumi Masuchib. "Dishonesty invites costly third-party punishment." Evolution and Human Behavior 31 (2010) 259-264.

September 23: No Meeting

September 30: No Meeting

October 7: Jessica Lodwick: Female agonistic relationships in wild western lowland gorillas.

October 14: No Meeting

October 21: Lysann Damisch, Barbara Stoberock, and Thomas Mussweiler. "KeepYour Fingers Crossed! How Superstition Improves Performance." Psychological Science 21(7) 1014-1020.

October 28: Martin A. Nowak, Corina E. Tarnita & Edward O. Wilson. The evolution of eusociality. Nature 466, 1057-1062

November 4: Rolf Kummerli, Maxwell N. Burton-Chellew, Adin Ross-Gillespie, and Stuart A. West. Resistance to extreme strategies, rather than prosocial preferences, can explain human cooperation in public goods games. PNAS 107 (22) ,10125–10130

November 11: Benjamin Grant Purzycki. Tyvan Cher Eezi and the Socioecological Constraints of Supernatural Agents’ Minds.

December 9: BBC film "Secret Gorillas of Mondika"