Adaptation, Behavior, Culture and Society Research Group
Welcome to the Adaptation, Behavior, Culture and Society research group at Arizona State University.
ABC&S brings together scholars from across the social sciences and biological sciences who share an interest in using evolutionary tools, theories and insights to better understand how and why people behave as we do.
Upcoming Speakers
The Evolution of Social Complexity speaker events are held on Wednesday from 12 to 1:15 p.m. in WCPH 209 (unless otherwise noted). View a map and directions.
Refreshments and light snacks are served.
Date | Speaker | Title |
Jan. 17 | Herman Pontzer, Duke University |
Energy across time |
Jan. 31 | Martin Surbeck, Harvard University | Cooperation and competition in the genus Pan |
Feb. 7 | Fernando Campos, University of Texas, San Antonio |
Which types of social relationships matter? Affiliative bonds and mortality risk in wild primates |
Feb. 21 | Gillian Hadfield, University of Toronto |
The normative infrastructure of Ccooperation |
Feb. 28 | Jacob Feder, Arizona State University |
The ecology and evolution of social interdependence in primates |
March 13 | Dorsa Amir, UC Berkeley | Culture and the developing mind |
March 27 | Michele Gelfand, Stanford University | Cultural evolutionary mismatches in response to collective threat |
April 10 | Kristopher Smith, Washington State - Pullman | How norms of cooperation shape partner choice in Hadza hunter-gatherers |
April 24 | Kelsey Lucca, Arizona State University | Social influences on curiosity in early childhood |