Exploring Darwin at Palomar College

November 10 - 12, 2009

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.

Admission is free.

 SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS
AND PRESENTATIONS

Tuesday, November 10^th
Arts Bldg. 240, Cal State San Marcos
333 S. Twin Oaks Road, San Marcos, CA 92069-0001
1 - 760 - 750-4000  http://www.csusm.edu/guide  (directions & map)
7:00 – 9:30  KEYNOTE EVENT: 1)Francisco Ayala, UCI Professor of Biology & National Medal of Science Winner – Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion.  His book will be on sale which he will autograph.  2) Lisa Karrer’s acclaimed theatrical performance on Darwin, entitled SCHISMISM: NATURAL LAW.
Free parking will be available at Cal State in Lot F.

Nov. 11th and 12th will be held on the Palomar College San Marcos Campus in the Governing Board Room. (Room SSC-1) http://www.palomar.edu/maps.html

Wednesday, November 11th
Governing Board Room, Palomar College

9:30 - 10:50   Russell Jackson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Cal State San Marcos – Evolved Navigation Theory.

11:00 - 12:20   Karthik Panchanathan, UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, & Culture – Divided We Stand:  Understanding the Evolution of Cooperation.

12:30 - 1:50   Siamak Naficy, UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture –The Convergent Evolution of Mental-State Attributions in Dogs.

2:00 - 3:20   Philip de Barros, Professor of Anthropology, Palomar College – Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection:  What it IS and What it is NOT.

Thursday, November 12th
Governing Board Room, Palomar College

9:30 - 10:50  Nancy Caine, Professor of Psychology, Cal State San Marcos –  Seeing Red:  Behavioral Consequences of Individual Differences in Color Vision in New World Monkeys.

11:00 - 12:20  Pascal Gagneux, Assistant Professor, UCSD School of Medicine,   Glycobiology Research and Training Center – Apes, Sugars, and Sperm:  Causes and Consequences of Glycan Evolution.

12:30 - 1:50  Lisa Smolich, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Palomar College –

A Close Look at Darwin’s Theory of Sexual Selection and Evolutionary Psychology:  How They Shape our Decisions in Mate Choice.

2:00 - 3:20   Jenee Jackson, University of Arizona – Sex-Differentiated Pathways to Early Sexual Debut and Risky Sexual Behavior.