The Department of Anthropology cordially invites you to come celebrate Robert Lemelson’s newest book: Widening the Frame with Visual Psychological Anthropology: Perspectives on Trauma, Gendered Violence, and Stigma in Indonesia. Wednesday, May 11, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Haines 352 As this will be an in-person event, please send your RSVPs to kroyce@anthro.ucla.edu by […]

Dr. Keolu Fox, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, UCSD This speaker will be presenting in person. Indigenous Data Lifecycles for Indigenous Futures Abstract: According to The Economist, in 2018 oil was the most-traded commodity in the world. But in 2019, the demand for oil had been surpassed by the demand for data, including digital sequence information (DSI) […]

Dr. Martin Surbeck, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University This talk will be presented via Zoom. Aspects of competition and cooperation in the genus Pan. Abstract: I will talk about aspects of competition and cooperation in our closest living relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees. Firstly, I will explore how differences in female sexuality […]

Dr. Marina Davila-Ross, Reader in Comparative Psychology, University of Portsmouth This talk will be presented via Zoom. Laughter and Smiles: Towards understanding the Complexity and Phylogenetic Continuity of Positive Communication in Hominids Abstract: Laughter and smiles are arguably the strongest behavioural indicators of positive emotional states in humans and they also represent pervasive tools of […]

Dr. Tessa Solomon-Lane, Asst. Professor of Biology, Keck Science Dept., Claremont McKenna, Pitzer & Scripps Colleges More info: https://tessasolomonlane.com/ This speaker will be presenting in person. Growing up in a dynamic social world: early-life effects on behavior and neuroendocrine function   Abstract: Why, and how, do individuals behave the way they do? Social behavior has long […]

Dr. Assal Habibi, Assoc. Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California This speaker will be presenting in person. The Brain’s Crescendo; How Music Training Impacts Child Development  Abstract: In an ongoing multi-year longitudinal study, we have been investigating the effects of a group-based music training program on development of children, beginning at age 6, using […]

Dr. Amy Lu, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Stony Brook University This talk will be presented via Zoom. Female counterstrategies to infanticide in lactating gelada females: adaptive, but not cost-free Abstract: Adverse socioecological conditions can have pervasive effects on health and fitness. For mothers, adverse conditions can trigger cost-cutting strategies that limit investment in reproduction. […]

Dr. Kim Hill, Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University This talk will be presented via Zoom. Human Uniqueness and the study of interdependence in Samal “sea nomads” of the Philippines.  Abstract:  Humans are an extreme outlier species by many objective measures. How did we get to be so different from […]

Dr. Laurel Fogarty, Senior Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology This talk will be presented via Zoom. Cultural rescue: avoiding extinction with gene-culture coevolution.  Abstract: It is often suggested that the adaptability and success of human populations is a direct result of our sophisticated cultural abilities. Previously, we have suggested that in cases where […]

Dr. Caroline Schuppli, Max Planck Research Group leader, MPI for Animal Behavior This talk will be presented via Zoom.  Skill acquisition and life history: towards a better understanding of cognitive evolution Abstract: Cognitive capacity gets selected for via skills and abilities which provide individuals with fitness benefits. However, strikingly, the larger brained a species is, the more incompetent its infants are […]