Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)
@anthropogeny.org
"to explore and explain the origins of the human phenomenon" http://carta.anthropogeny.org/
Save the date for The Idea Organ, a free virtual CARTA symposium exploring how the human brain gave rise to ideas, language, culture, and innovation!🧠💭
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00AM – 2:30PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
Register now!
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00AM – 2:30PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
Register now!
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Save the date for The Idea Organ, a free virtual CARTA symposium exploring how the human brain gave rise to ideas, language, culture, and innovation!🧠💭
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00AM – 2:30PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
Register now!
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00AM – 2:30PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
Register now!
Couldn’t catch Diyendo Massilani’s talk, “Archaic human genomes”? 🧬💡 Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=piOS...
CARTA: Archaic Human Genomes with Diyendo Massilani
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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December 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Couldn’t catch Diyendo Massilani’s talk, “Archaic human genomes”? 🧬💡 Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=piOS...
Did you miss Janet Kelso’s talk, “Archaic introgression reveals human dispersals?” 🧬💡No problem! It is now available to watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOa...
CARTA: Archaic Introgression Reveals Human Dispersals with Janet Kelso
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
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December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Did you miss Janet Kelso’s talk, “Archaic introgression reveals human dispersals?” 🧬💡No problem! It is now available to watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOa...
This year, ten UCSD graduate students set off on CARTA’s 2025 Anthropogeny Field Course across Ethiopia and Tanzania!
To follow their journey and support this life-changing experience, visit: carta.travelmap.net/2025-field-c...
Support: carta.anthropogeny.org/support
To follow their journey and support this life-changing experience, visit: carta.travelmap.net/2025-field-c...
Support: carta.anthropogeny.org/support
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This year, ten UCSD graduate students set off on CARTA’s 2025 Anthropogeny Field Course across Ethiopia and Tanzania!
To follow their journey and support this life-changing experience, visit: carta.travelmap.net/2025-field-c...
Support: carta.anthropogeny.org/support
To follow their journey and support this life-changing experience, visit: carta.travelmap.net/2025-field-c...
Support: carta.anthropogeny.org/support
The CARTA 2026 calendar is now available! All images feature highlights from our 2025 Field Course. 🗓️🌍
You can download it for free, or receive a printed copy with a $100+ donation to help support and sustain the future of CARTA!
Get your calendar here: carta.anthropogeny.org/calendar
You can download it for free, or receive a printed copy with a $100+ donation to help support and sustain the future of CARTA!
Get your calendar here: carta.anthropogeny.org/calendar
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The CARTA 2026 calendar is now available! All images feature highlights from our 2025 Field Course. 🗓️🌍
You can download it for free, or receive a printed copy with a $100+ donation to help support and sustain the future of CARTA!
Get your calendar here: carta.anthropogeny.org/calendar
You can download it for free, or receive a printed copy with a $100+ donation to help support and sustain the future of CARTA!
Get your calendar here: carta.anthropogeny.org/calendar
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It’s live! 👏
Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺
Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science.
Enjoy!
Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺
Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science.
Enjoy!
Decoding Our Story
What happens when you marry the art of archaeology with the science of genetics?
onhumans.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It’s live! 👏
Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺
Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science.
Enjoy!
Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺
Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science.
Enjoy!
Reposted by Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)
It was great to visit the @salkinstitute.bsky.social for this amazing CARTA symposium on aDNA. Thanks @anthropogeny.org for the invitation! (and for the position at USC for one day 😜) www.youtube.com/live/HM9EhCE...
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It was great to visit the @salkinstitute.bsky.social for this amazing CARTA symposium on aDNA. Thanks @anthropogeny.org for the invitation! (and for the position at USC for one day 😜) www.youtube.com/live/HM9EhCE...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Read more: carta.anthropogeny.org/news/goodall
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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
Read more: carta.anthropogeny.org/news/goodall
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Thinking about Jane Goodall, and grateful to have spent time at Gombe as a @anthropogeny.org graduate student in 2019.
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thinking about Jane Goodall, and grateful to have spent time at Gombe as a @anthropogeny.org graduate student in 2019.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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)
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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...
Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKh...
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...
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)
www.youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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...
Don’t worry! It is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS14...
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...
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)
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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...
Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZj...
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...
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)
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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...
No problem! It is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cENW...
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...
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)
www.youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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...
Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXLp...
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)
www.youtube.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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...
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
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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...
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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.
How did humans evolve? 🧠
And why are we the only once left? 🌍
Join Chris Stringer from @nhm-london.bsky.social and myself on this epic quest to understand our shared origins.
🎧 Listen or read at:
onhumans.substack.com/p/origins-of...
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
#science #evolution
And why are we the only once left? 🌍
Join Chris Stringer from @nhm-london.bsky.social and myself on this epic quest to understand our shared origins.
🎧 Listen or read at:
onhumans.substack.com/p/origins-of...
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
#science #evolution
Origins of Humankind, Part III: What Is a Human?
Things are about to get personal... In episode three of the series, Chris Stringer guides us through the story of humanity itself.
onhumans.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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.
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTT...
CARTA: The Evolution of Powerful Yet Perilous Immune Systems
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTT...
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-...
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)
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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-...
No problem! It is now available to watch at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwI-...