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PUBLIC TALK: Paleofantasy

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Today's date is Thursday, March 28, 2024
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A public lecture by Professor Marlene Zuk, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota.

Today it seems everyone is fond of paleofantasies, stories about how humans lived eons ago, and we use them to explain why many elements of our lives, from the food we eat to the way we raise our children, seem distant from what nature intended. One need only look at the self-help industry's output of books predicated on the notion that our behaviour and bodies evolved under a certain set of circumstances - circumstances from which we deviate at our peril. But popular theories about how our ancestors lived are often based on speculation, not scientific evidence, and they reflect a basic misunderstanding about how evolution works. In reality, there was never a time when everything about us was perfectly in synch with the environment.

COST: Free, but RSVP is required via the webpage http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/zuk
Location Social Science Lecture Theatre, Economics Building UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/zuk
Start Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:00
End Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:00
RSVP RSVP is required.
Submitted by Claire Bowen <[email protected]>
Last Updated Wed, 05 Aug 2015 15:47
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