ASAB Winter Meeting 2017

7-8 December 2017   Sexual Selection: Do We Still Need To Test The Alternatives?   The 30 years since the publication of Bradbury and Andersson’s landmark “Sexual selection: testing the…

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What is the extended evolutionary synthesis?

…the modern synthesis). The EES does not replace traditional thinking, but rather can be deployed alongside it to stimulate research in evolutionary biology.   https://www.youtube.com/embed/7nzCOZKOPYw     Key concepts  …

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The Social Synapse: Neuroscience and the Roots of Human Connections

…Kevin Laland, University of St Andrews Kevin Ochsner, Columbia University Dietrich Stout, Emory University   World Science Festival 2017 panel session 2 June 2017, New York, USA     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EWVHqmIT50…

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Joseph Henrich on Cultural Evolution, WEIRD Societies, and Life Among Two Strange Tribes

…Tyler’ interview, Mercatus Center, George Mason University 8 December 2016, Virginia, USA   Listen to the audio on Soundcloud Read the full transcript at Conversations with Tyler     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRUyfW0ECNg…

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The extended evolutionary synthesis: an epigenetic perspective

…of History and Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh University 20 January 2017, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   Video with indexing and slides can be view on My Pitt Video     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isAJIVkcmDY…

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From pleistocene to anthropocene: why humans transformed earth and climate

Erle Ellis, University of Maryland   Guest lecture, Environmental Humanities Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 8 May 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R8YXYWYSeM…

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Ongoing prospects for a unified science of cultural evolution

Alex Mesoudi, University of Exeter   Arthur M Sackler Colloquium: The Extension of Biology Through Culture 15-17 November 2016, Irvine, California, USA     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8odzOGK-8hE…

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Gene-culture coevolution in whales and dolphins

Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University   Arthur M Sackler Colloquium: The Extension of Biology Through Culture 15-17 November 2016, Irvine, California, USA     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVV77r4mcKc…

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What evolves in the evolution of social learning? A social insect perspective

Elli Leadbeater, Royal Holloway University of London   Arthur M Sackler Colloquium: The Extension of Biology Through Culture 15-17 November 2016, Irvine, California, USA     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3rhsmXwyjc…

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Can culture reshape the evolution of leaning and how?

Arnon Lotem, Tel Aviv University   Arthur M Sackler Colloquium: The Extension of Biology Through Culture 15-17 November 2016, Irvine, California, USA     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSjUKRV9SFI…

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