Project for Explaining the Origin of Humans


February 6-8, 1998


John Allman
"Caretaking and Survival in Anthropoid Primates"

Barry Bogin
"Evolution of Human Childhood and Adolescence"

William H. Calvin
"Flip-Flop Climate Changes as an Aspect
of Evolving Jack-of-All-Trades Cognitive Abilities"

William H. Calvin
"Preadaptations for Syntax"

Derek A. Denton
"The Influence of Discovery of Use of Fire on Hominid Evolution"

William D. Hopkins
"The Evolution of Functional and Neuroanatomical Asymmetries in Primates"

Jean-Jacques Hublin
"Carotid Canals and Hominid Brain Evolution"

Thomas R. Insel
"Primate Brain Evolution - Results from a Comparative MRI Study"

Julie R. Korenberg
"Primate Evolution: A Novel Paradigm that Bridges Species and Genes"

Kenneth K. Kidd
"The Global Distribution of Genetic Variation in Modern Homo sapiens"

Philip Lieberman
"Language Preserved without Wernicke's Area:
Implications for a Functional Language System"

David L. Nelson
"Molecular Characterization of Chromosomal Breakpoints in Primate Evolution"

Bernard Wood
"Unsolved Questions About Human Origins"