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Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) @anthropogeny.org · Aug 12
Join us for Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free CARTA public symposium! 🧬💡

Friday, November 7, 2025
1:00–5:30 PM (Pacific)
In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast

For more details and registration, visit: carta.anthropogeny.org

#carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna
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Last Friday, we gathered for Ancient DNA: New Revelations! 🧬💡

Thank you to everyone who joined us! Your curiosity and questions made the event a true success.

In case you missed it, recordings of all talks will be available soon. Stay tuned!

#carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna #anthropogeny #ucsd
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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TODAY: Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free, public CARTA symposium. 🧬💡

See you there!

TODAY! Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00-5:30 PM (Pacific)
In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast

For more details and registration, visit:
carta.anthropogeny.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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THIS FRIDAY: Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free, public CARTA symposium. 🧬 💡

We hope to see you there!

Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00-5:30 PM (Pacific)
In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast

For more details and registration, visit:
carta.anthropogeny.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
anthropogeny.org
Mark your calendar for Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free, public CARTA symposium! 🧬💡

Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00-5:30 PM (Pacific)
In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast

For more details and registration, visit:
carta.anthropogeny.org

#carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna
October 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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CARTA mourns the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall, whose life’s work transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and humanity. Her legacy of science, compassion, and hope will live on. 🌍🐒💚

Read more: carta.anthropogeny.org/news/goodall
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Thinking about Jane Goodall, and grateful to have spent time at Gombe as a @anthropogeny.org graduate student in 2019.
Entranceway to Gombe National Park, Tanzania in 2019. “Care, conserve and protect for future generations”
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Don't miss Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free, public CARTA symposium! 🧬💡

Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00–5:30 PM (Pacific)

In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast

For more details and registration, visit: carta.anthropogeny.org

#carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna
August 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Join us for Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free CARTA public symposium! 🧬💡

Friday, November 7, 2025
1:00–5:30 PM (Pacific)
In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast

For more details and registration, visit: carta.anthropogeny.org

#carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Couldn't catch Caleb Finch’s talk, “Three smokes in the evolution of the human exposome?” 👣🧠

Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKh...
CARTA: Three Smokes in the Evolution of the Human Exposome
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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July 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Did you miss Justin and Erica Sonnenburg’s talk, “The industrialized gut microbiome?” 👣🧠

Don’t worry! It is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS14...
CARTA: The Industrialized Gut Microbiome
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Couldn't catch Barry Bogin’s talk, “Biocultural reproduction: The human style of hyper-cooperation?” 👣🧠

Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZj...
CARTA: Biocultural Reproduction: The Human Style of Hyper-cooperation
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Did you miss Martin Häusler’s talk, “Osteoarthritis, back problems, difficult birth – scars of our evolution?” 👣🧠

No problem! It is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cENW...
CARTA: Osteoarthritis, Back Problems, Difficult Birth - Scars of Our Evolution?
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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July 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Couldn't catch Genevieve Housman’s talk, “Primate skeletal gene regulation: Considering osteoarthritis susceptibility across evolutionary scales?” 👣🧠

Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXLp...
CARTA: Risks of Human Skeletal Disease, Specifically, Osteoarthritis
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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July 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Did you miss Günter Wagner’s talk, “Does the placenta drive the evolution of cancer malignancy?” 👣🧠 No problem! It is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=MseH...
Does the Placenta Drive the Evolution of Cancer Malignancy?
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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June 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Did you miss Deena Emera’s talk, “Is there a point to periods? The evolutionary history of menstruation and implications for women's health?” 👣🧠 No problem! It is now available to watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5_T...
CARTA: The Evolutionary History of Menstruation and Implications of Women's Health
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June 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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This is a fantastic interview with @chrisbstringer.bsky.social. Wide ranging, interesting, and I learned some stuff. Imagine if the LCA of humans and Neanderthals dated to a million years ago! That may just be the case.
April 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Did you miss Andrea Graham’s talk “The Evolution of Powerful Yet Perilous Immune Systems?” 👣🧠 No problem! It is now available to watch at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTT...
CARTA: The Evolution of Powerful Yet Perilous Immune Systems
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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June 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Missed Steve Frank’s talk Cancer is Normal Development Spun Out of Control? 👣🧠
No problem! It is now available to watch at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwI-...
CARTA: Cancer is Normal Development Spun Out of Control
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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June 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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What Is a Human?
The New Science of the Genus Homo 🏺🧪
with Dr Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social

Tracing the origins of our genus and the emergence of Homo sapiens as the last surviving human species
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTXC...
What Is a Human? The New Science of the Genus Homo ~ Chris Stringer
YouTube video by On Humans
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May 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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This paper updates things a bit: Aspects of human physical and behavioural evolution during the last 1 million years Journal of Quaternary Science onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Aspects of human physical and behavioural evolution during the last 1 million years
This paper reviews some of the main advances in our understanding of human evolution over the last 1 million years, presenting a holistic overview of a field defined by interdisciplinary approaches t...
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June 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Human Evolution: still a huge amount to come (from 2017)
June 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Slow it down: evolution of human metabolism over two million years: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
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Slow it down: evolution of human metabolism over two million years
Previous estimates of the total energy expenditure (TEE) of fossil hominins have assumed vigorous to very vigorous physical activity levels (PALs) when reconstructing their daily energy budgets. Ho...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Early Humans Started Smoking Meat Million Years Ago scienceblog.com/early-humans...
Early Humans Started Smoking Meat Million Years Ago
Early humans began using fire to smoke and preserve meat as far back as one million years ago—not primarily for cooking, but to prevent massive elephant
scienceblog.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Our virtual symposium, “Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease," starts at 10:00 AM PT! Join us to explore how evolutionary traits have shaped modern health challenges!

Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Get ready for “Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease," a symposium exploring how evolutionary traits shaped modern health challenges.

Date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org

Register now to tune in this Friday!
May 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM