UCLA Behavior, Evolution, & Culture
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Episodes of UCLA Behavior, Evolution, & Culture
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Clark Barrett (1), 5/21/2012: "Confronting the p...
The capacity of organisms to deal with evolutionary novelty has been regarded by some as a puzzle. If adaptations have been shaped by natural selection operating in the past, then how can they possibly respond adaptively to objects, events, and situations that clearly did not exist until recently? This has been regarded as particularly problematic for adaptationist accounts of human behavior because we are clearly surrounded by many evolutionary novelties, from football to Facebook, that do no...
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Release date
May 23, 2012
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Runtime
01:09:53
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Clark Barrett (2), 5/21/2012: "Confronting the p...
The capacity of organisms to deal with evolutionary novelty has been regarded by some as a puzzle. If adaptations have been shaped by natural selection operating in the past, then how can they possibly respond adaptively to objects, events, and situations that clearly did not exist until recently? This has been regarded as particularly problematic for adaptationist accounts of human behavior because we are clearly surrounded by many evolutionary novelties, from football to Facebook, that do no...
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Release date
May 23, 2012
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Runtime
18:35
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Robert Frank (1), 5/17/2012: "Rivalry and Cooper...
Economists since Adam Smith have insisted that competition produces the greatest good for the greatest number. But as Charles Darwin emphasized, individual and group interests do not always coincide. And when they clash, individual interests tend to trump, often resulting in wasteful arms races. The Darwinian perspective suggests that many forms of market failure that in the past have been attributed to monopoly or limited rationality are instead more plausibly the result of individual-group c...
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Release date
May 22, 2012
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Runtime
50:38
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Robert Frank (2), 5/17/2012: "Rivalry and Cooper...
Economists since Adam Smith have insisted that competition produces the greatest good for the greatest number. But as Charles Darwin emphasized, individual and group interests do not always coincide. And when they clash, individual interests tend to trump, often resulting in wasteful arms races. The Darwinian perspective suggests that many forms of market failure that in the past have been attributed to monopoly or limited rationality are instead more plausibly the result of individual-group c...
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Release date
May 22, 2012
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Runtime
36:44
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Sergey Gavrilets (1), 5/14/12: "On the evolution...
Humans exhibit strong egalitarian syndrome, i.e. the complex of cognitive perspectives, ethical principles, social norms, and individual and collective attitudes promoting equality. The universality of egalitarianism in hunter-gatherers suggests that it is an ancient, evolved human pattern. The evolutionary emergence of this syndrome is one of the most intriguing unsolved puzzles related to the origins of modern humans. Using simple mathematical models I will explore possible routes for two im...
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Release date
May 15, 2012
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Runtime
01:17:39
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Sergey Gavrilets (2), 5/14/12: "On the evolution...
Humans exhibit strong egalitarian syndrome, i.e. the complex of cognitive perspectives, ethical principles, social norms, and individual and collective attitudes promoting equality. The universality of egalitarianism in hunter-gatherers suggests that it is an ancient, evolved human pattern. The evolutionary emergence of this syndrome is one of the most intriguing unsolved puzzles related to the origins of modern humans. Using simple mathematical models I will explore possible routes for two im...
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Release date
May 15, 2012
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Runtime
09:28
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Dawn Neill (1), 4/30/2012: " Roti or Ramen: The ...
Urbanization is proceeding rapidly in many developing countries as part of a larger process of development and involves the shift of rural residents to urban cities. The shift from a rural to urban ecology entails changes in patterns of food production and/or purchase, preparation, and consumption. Existing research has consistently demonstrated an association between urbanization and dietary changes linked to increasing rates of overweight and obesity. Rural-urban variation in food cost and a...
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Release date
May 3, 2012
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Runtime
47:34
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Dawn Neill (2), 4/30/2012: " Roti or Ramen: The ...
Urbanization is proceeding rapidly in many developing countries as part of a larger process of development and involves the shift of rural residents to urban cities. The shift from a rural to urban ecology entails changes in patterns of food production and/or purchase, preparation, and consumption. Existing research has consistently demonstrated an association between urbanization and dietary changes linked to increasing rates of overweight and obesity. Rural-urban variation in food cost and a...
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Release date
May 3, 2012
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Runtime
22:07
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Martin Muller (1), 4/23/2012: "Behavioral Ecolog...
The Kanyawara chimpanzees of Kibale National Park have been studied for 25 years, during which researchers have acquired a unique, 14-year longitudinal sample of hormonal data. Dr. Muller will draw on these data to discuss the role that testosterone plays in supporting male mating effort, the energetic costs of male-male competition, and the impacts of such competition on females.
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Release date
Apr 26, 2012
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Runtime
53:51
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Martin Muller (2), 4/23/2012: "Behavioral Ecolog...
The Kanyawara chimpanzees of Kibale National Park have been studied for 25 years, during which researchers have acquired a unique, 14-year longitudinal sample of hormonal data. Dr. Muller will draw on these data to discuss the role that testosterone plays in supporting male mating effort, the energetic costs of male-male competition, and the impacts of such competition on females.
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Release date
Apr 26, 2012
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Runtime
27:31
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