A free live webcast of “Implications of Anthropogeny for Medicine and Health,” will be streamed from 1:00 to 5:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time on Friday October 14. The symposium is co-sponsored by CARTA and The ASU Center for Evolution & Medicine, and organized by Ajit Varki and Randolph Nesse. Special Guest: Baba Brinkman with his Rap Guide to Medicine.

A link to the live stream will be posted on the event page on the day of the event.

Speakers and titles below

SESSION TITLE SPEAKERS
Zoobiquity and “One Medicine” Barbara Natterson-Horowitz
Are there Human-Specific Diseases? Ajit Varki
Evolving Milk Katie Hinde
Heart Disease in Hunter-Gatherers? Michael Gurven
Homeostasis, Inflammation and Disease Ruslan Medzhitov
Why Genes that Harm Health Persist Randolph Nesse
The Divided Child David Haig
Adaptations to High Altitude Cynthia Beall
Shining Evolutionary Light on Human Sleep and Health Charles Nunn
A Rap Guide to Medicine Baba Brinkman

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