CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks
The human penchant for storytelling is universal, early-developing, and profoundly culture-shaping. Stories (folk tales,... Read more
21 Jul 2023
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10mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Hunting Hypothesis and Male Myths in Anthropogeny wth Karen Kramer
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Hunting Hypothesis and Male Myths in Anthropogeny wth Karen Kramer
The hunting hypothesis proposes that the dietary shift to meat procurement was the catalyst favoring a suite of transfor... Read more
21 Jul 2023
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20mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Firelit Stories: Creating Imaginary Communities with Polly Wiessner
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Firelit Stories: Creating Imaginary Communities with Polly Wiessner
Some 350 to 400,000 years ago when our ancestors gained control of fire, the day was extended to provide many hours for ... Read more
17 Jul 2023
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21mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Why Humans Tell Stories with Brian Boyd
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Why Humans Tell Stories with Brian Boyd
Why are humans a compulsively storytelling species? Why especially do we invent stories, why do we tell one another stor... Read more
15 Jul 2023
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19mins
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Folktales Animals and the Human Search for Origins with Brandon Barker
CARTA: The Role of Myth in Anthropogeny - Folktales Animals and the Human Search for Origins with Brandon Barker
For more than a century, folklorists have indexed a vast number of the world’s folkloric narratives according to varying... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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18mins
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - Questions Answers and Closing Remarks
The origin of humans is a difficult scientific problem in evolution that is grounded in biology and molded by culture. R... Read more
7 May 2023
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49mins
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - The Evolution of Syntax and Pragmatics in a Gradualist Scenario with Eva Wittenberg
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - The Evolution of Syntax and Pragmatics in a Gradualist Scenario with Eva Wittenberg
Pragmatics poses a headache to developers of artificial systems. But how did language evolve to efficiently relay so muc... Read more
6 May 2023
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24mins
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - The Parallel Architecture in Language and Elsewhere with Ray Jackendoff
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - The Parallel Architecture in Language and Elsewhere with Ray Jackendoff
Parallel Architecture is a theory of the mental representations involved in the language faculty. These representations ... Read more
1 May 2023
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23mins
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - Evolution of Birdsong Learning and Human Spoken Language with Erich Jarvis
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - Evolution of Birdsong Learning and Human Spoken Language with Erich Jarvis
Vocal learning is one of the most critical components of spoken language. It has only evolved several independent times ... Read more
29 Apr 2023
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21mins
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - Common Sense and AI with Gerd Gigerenzer
CARTA: Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny - Common Sense and AI with Gerd Gigerenzer
Common sense is shared knowledge about people and the physical world, enabled by the biological brain. It comprises intu... Read more
24 Apr 2023
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21mins