Lecture Series History

Year Theme Link
Winter 2023 Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Hierarchy Competition and Conflict Flyer

 Recordings

Fall 2021 The Social Components of Fitness Flyer
Winter 2021 A New Generation of Voices in Paleoanthropology
Fall 2020 Genetics, Evolution, and Human Behavior Flyer 
Winter 2020 Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Evolutionary and Epidemiological Approaches Flyer
Winter 2019 Evolutionary Mismatch: Challenges and Opportunities of Living in the Modern World Flyer
Fall 2018 At the Crossroads: The Evolution and Mechanisms Underlying Variation in Animal Hehavior Flyer 
Fall 2017 Jaffe Symposium on Security and Scarcity Flyer
Winter 2017 Excessive Appetites: Food, Drugs, and Money Flyer
Fall 2016 Life History and Evolution Flyer
Fall 2015 Human Decision-Making Flyer 
Winter 2014  What Does it Mean to be a Modern Human? Flyer
Fall 2012 New Evolutionary Foundations for Medicine, & Public Health Lecture Series Flyer 
Winter 2012 Extravagant Altruism and the Origins of Complex Sociality Flyer 
Winter 2011 Social Neuroendocrinology Flyer 
Fall 2010 The Evolution of Cognition Flyer 
Winter 2009 (Series 1) The Evolution and Neurobiology of Self-Control and Addiction
Winter 2009 (Series 2) Self Control
Winter 2008 How Evolved Motivational Systems Influence Disease and Well-Being
Fall 2006 The Evolution of Primate Social Relationships and Cognition
Winter 2006 Evolution Theme Semester
Winter 2005 The Evolution of Language
Winter 2005 Cultural Values and Terrorism
Winter 2005 Social Neuroscience and Human Relationships
Winter 2004 Evolution, Culture, and the Social Emotions
Fall 2003 What Will It Take For Psychology To Make Full Use Of Evolutionary Biology?
Spring 2003 The Evolution of Virulence: Theories, Mechanisms, and Practice
Spring and Winter 2003 Culture and Cognition Across Species
Fall 2001 Life Goals, Evolution, and Mood
Winter 2001 Human Nature and the Fate of the Environment
Winter 2000 Adaptation, Maladaptation, and Natural Selection
Spring 1999 The Biology of Belief and Trust: Has Natural Selection Shaped a Capacity for Subjective Commitment?
Winter 1999 Behavioral Ecology: From Honeybees to Humans
Fall 1999 Evolution, Economics, and Complexity
Winter 1998 Life History and Human Nature
Fall 1998 Morality and Controversies
Fall 1997 Evolution and Religion; Darwinian Medicine