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This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa. Himla Soodyall, National Health Laboratory Service (Johannesburg); University of the Witwatersrand, explores the links between the historical and genetic narrative of populations in southern Africa.

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34986]

This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa. Berhane Asfaw, National Museum of Ethiopia, presents "Assessing Claims for the “Earliest” Homo sapiens."

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34985]

This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa. In this episode: Lyn Wadley, University of the Witwatersrand, The Origin and Development of Fire Technology in Africa; Sarah Wurz, University of the Witwatersrand, Klasies River as a 120,000-Year-Old Archive of Human Behavior in South Africa; Judith Sealy, University of Cape Town, Behavior and Settlement Patterns in Coastal Stone Age Communities – Evidence from Stable Isotopes.

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34981]

This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa. Margaret Schoeninger, CARTA Co-Director, UC San Diego, and Berhane Asfaw, Rift Valley Research Service, open the conference.

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34978]

This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa. Judith Sealy, University of Cape Town, explores the importance of coastal areas to human evolution.

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34990]

Anthropogenic climate and environmental change are among the most immediate threats to global sustainability, including the sustainability of human populations. Although these changes are happening at a rate never recorded before, climate and environmental changes per se are not unprecedented. Moreover, prior environmental changes have sometimes been accompanied by social and technological innovations that mitigated the impact of environmental change on human populations. We explore two such episodes in the history of California, and ask what lessons they may hold for adaptable societies in the Anthropocene. Series: "Sustainable California" [Science] [Show ID: 35098]

Marine biologist Jennifer Smith talks about the properties and history of the superfood seaweed. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 35070]

This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa. This episode: Job Kibii, National Museums of Kenya, on Australopithecus in East and South Africa; Likius Andossa, University of NDjamena, on The Chad Basin; Yonas Beyene, Association for Research and Conservation of Culture, on The Archaeology of Konso-Gardula.

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 34980]

The Arctic is changing rapidly in response to changes in global climate and economic activity and yet much of it remains unexplored with modern scientific techniques. Jeff Bowman describes his group's work in the Arctic as they seek to understand the ecological implications of changing sea ice conditions, and prepare to participate in the MOSAiC expedition; an unprecedented multi-national effort to study the high Arctic across a complete seasonal cycle. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 34635]

Brain organoids, or cortical organoids, hold much promise in finding interventions for neurological conditions, and have already proven useful in understanding the effects of Zika and rare neurological syndromes such as AGS. But how are they made? UC San Diego Stem Cell program project scientist Cleber Trujillo provides a brief overview of how the Muotri lab nurtures pluripotent stem cells into becoming brain organoids. Series: "Stem Cell Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 34645]