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EXPLORING
DARWIN 2010
November 9 & 10
The
Exploring Darwin
conference at Palomar Community College emphasizes the
multidisciplinary explanatory power of Darwin’s Theory of
Natural Selection
in the spirit of
the mission of UCLA’s Center for Behavior, Evolution and
Culture, and David Wilson’s book,
Evolution for
Everyone.
THIS IS A FREE
EVENT!
SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, November 9th
Governing Board
Room, SSC-1
Palomar College San Marcos Campus
9:30 - 10:50
Dr. Amy
Parish, Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles –
Sexual Selection Theory Revised:
Lessons from the Bonobo
11:00 - 12:20
Dr.
Elizabeth Pillsworth,
Professor of Anthroplogy, CSU Fullerton
– Is
Female Choice Overemphasized in the Evolutionary Psychology
of Human Mating? Evidence from the Shuar of Ecuador
12:30 - 1:50
Dr. Moshe Hoffman, University of Chicago, Department of
Economics, Current Post-doc, UC San Diego, –
Biological Basis of Sex Differences in Economic Behavior
2:00 - 3:20
Dr. Pascal Gagneux,
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego
–
Apes, Sugars, and Sperm: A Radical Makeover of Human Cell
Surfaces and its Consequences
Wednesday, November 10th
Governing Board
Room, SSC-1
Palomar College San Marcos Campus
9:30 - 10:50
John Bragin, Lecturer and Graduate Coordinator, UCLA
Human Complex Systems: Computational Analysis of Social and
Organizational Dynamics –
Using Interactive Computer Models to Simulate the Evolution
of Cooperation Among humans and Non-Human Animals
11:00 - 12:20
Naomi Lowe, Lecturer
of Psychology, Palomar College and CSUSM –
Short and Long Term Mating Strategies: Possible Sexually
Selected Niches Resulting in the Introversion-Extroversion
Continuum
12:30 - 1:50
Naomi Lowe, Lecturer of Psychology, Palomar College and
CSUSM –
Histocompatability: The Smell of Our Immune Systems and the
Immune Systems of Our Kin: Sexual Attraction and Aversion
(tentative topic/speaker)
2:00 - 3:20 Dr.
Philip de Barros,
Professor of Anthropology, Palomar College –
Is the
Earth only 6 -10,000 Years Old? The Science and
Pseudo-Science of Dating Techniques |
