Behavioral Ecology: From Honeybees to Humans

EHAP Lecture Series for Winter Term, 1999

Eric Charnov, University of Mexico
Invariance Rules for Reproductive Decisions: Tales of Dung Flies and Fish
Tuesday, January 12, 4:00 P.M. 6050 I.S.R.

Leslie Real, University of Indiana
Animal Choice Behavior and the Evolution of Cognitive Architecture
Tuesday, January 26, 4:00 P.M. 6050 I.S.R.

Scott Atran, University of Michigan
The Biology of Cognitive Categories
Tuesday, February 2, 4:00 P.M. 6050 I.S.R.

Kim Hill, University of New Mexico
Evolution of The Human Life Course
Tuesday, February 9, 4:00 P.M. 6050 I.S.R.

Eric Alden Smith, University of Washington
The Evolutionary Ecology of Generosity—Costly Signaling and Public Goods
Tuesday, February 16, 6050 I.S.R.

Robert B. and Laura L. Payne, University of Michigan
Sexual Imprinting Out of Africa: Learning and Genes in the Development of Avian Brood Parasite – Host Associations and the Origins of Species
Tuesday, February 23, 6050 I.S.R.

Richard Alexander, University of Michigan
Buying Stallions: What Humans Do With Horses and How Evolution Helps Us Understand the Whole Business
Tuesday, March 9, 4:00 P.M. , 6050 I.S.R.

Lee Alan Dugatkin, University of Louisville
Cooperation in Animals: Tit for Tat and Anti-Predator Behavior
Tuesday, March 16, 4:00 P.M. 6050 I.S.R.

Amotz Zahavi, Tel Aviv University
The Handicap Principle: A Missing Piece of Darwin’s Puzzle
Tuesday, March 23, 4:00 P.M. 6050 I.S.R.

Nancy Segal, California State University, Fullerton
Twins and What They Reveal About Human Behavior
Tuesday, March 30, 4:00 P.M. 6050 I.S.R.

loria Origgi, Communication Sciences, Bologna; Dan Sperber, CREA, Paris
Issues in the Evolution of Language and Communication
Tuesday, April 6, 1999, 4:00 P.M. 6050 I.S.R.

Symposium
The Biology of Belief: Has Natural Selection Shaped a Capacity for Subjective Commitment?
Friday, April 9, 1999 1324 East Hall