Humanities (Audio)

'I' and Self-Consciousness

What does it mean when we use the first-person pronoun ‘I’? And how does it relate to...

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CARTA: Footbinding: A Gene-Culture Co-evolutionary Approach to a One Thousand Year Tradition with Ryan Nichols with...

This talk explores the 1000-year practice of "footbinding" in ethnically Han Chinese families,...

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The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII Mussolini and Hitler

When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, his papers were sealed in the Vatican Secret Archives, leaving...

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UCSC Names the Research Center for the Americas after Dolores Huerta

UC Santa Cruz has renamed the Research Center for the Americas in honor of social justice icon...

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Cannibalism Warfare And Food Shortages In Renaissance Rome

In Rome in 1644, four butchers were accused of killing seven of their fellow Roman citizens,...

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The Shapes of Stories in Games and Comics

What are the shapes of stories? This is a longstanding question in narrative arts, from the plot...

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CARTA: CompAnth - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks

Comparative Anthropogeny (CompAnth) is the study of distinctly human traits and characteristics...

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In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

Between 1918 and 1921, Ukrainian peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the...

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CARTA: CompAnth - Welcome and Opening Remarks

Comparative Anthropogeny (CompAnth) is the study of distinctly human traits and characteristics...

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CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - Language: Uniqueness Out of the Ordinary with Eva Wittenberg

Human language is a strong contender for the title of most often named species-specific feature...

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CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - Did Humans Evolve Concealed Ovulation? with Pascal Gagneux

Human ovulation lacks visible signs, unlike chimpanzees and bonobos with conspicuous genital...

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CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - The Evolution of Shorter Inter-birth Intervals in Humans with Corinna Most

Life history theory suggests that inter-birth intervals (IBIs) depend on a trade-off between...

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CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - Insight into Human-specific Adaptations to High Altitude with Tatum Simonson

High-altitude adaptation stands out as one of the most notable examples of evolution within our...

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Redeeming the Soul of America: Racial and LGBTQ Justice with Father Bryan Massingale

Theologian and social activist Father Bryan Massingale, professor of theology and social ethics...

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CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - How Special are Our Neanderthal Genes? with Andrew Schork

The human genome contains segments of DNA with non-human origins. This introgressed genetic...

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UC Santa Cruz Names College for John R. Lewis

In 2002, a UC Santa Cruz college with the theme of social justice and community opened with...

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CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - Social Complexity: Why Modern Humans are More Like Ants Than Chimpanzees with Mark...

The most complex organizations in the living world beside those of humans are the colonies of...

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CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - Ethnology as a Tool for Understanding Human Evolution with Mark Collard

Ethnology, also known as cross-cultural analysis or comparative anthropology, involves comparing...

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A Conversation with Filmmaker and Author Mason Engel

UC San Diego Library’s Signature Event Series kicks off with a conversation with filmmaker and...

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CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - Delayed Neuronal Maturation in Humans with Carol Marchetto

Since humans split from their primate ancestors, their brains evolved with a larger mass relative...

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