Frank Marlowe Memorial Lecturer: Mike Gurven, Anthropology, UCSB. Title: A Natural History of Human Longevity.
Morgan Tingley, EEB, UCLA: “To move, or not to move? How species respond to a warming climate”
Dr. Kim Zhu: Multi-Omic Investigations of Convergent Human Adaptations to High-Altitude Hypoxia in the Himalayas and Andes
Eva Jablonka, Prof. Emerita, Tel Aviv Univ.: Evolutionary Theory and the Unification of Life Sciences in the 21st Century. Frank Marlowe Memorial lecture.
April 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmDr. Eva Jablonka, Professor emerita, Tel-Aviv University: The Evolution of Animal Consciousness. Hosted by the UCLA Dept. of Philosophy
April 10 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmJoan Silk, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, ASU. Title: New Perspectives on Male Parenting in Primates: Insights from Baboons
March 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmOlympia Campbell, Institute for Advanced Studies, Toulouse. Title: Cousin marriage, women’s welfare, and accelerated family formation
March 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmGreg Grether, EEB, UCLA, Title: Behavioral interference between species
February 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture (BEC) unites scholars exploring the connections among evolution, culture, the mind, and society.
BEC provides a framework to facilitate research and training on the interaction among natural selection, cultural transmission, social relations, and psychology.
This web site provides an overview of who we are and what we do. For additional information about the Center, and to learn how you can get involved, please contact the Director, Clark Barrett.