CARTA Symposium: Wild Apes
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Studying our closest evolutionary relatives is essential for understanding human origins, behavior, and biology. The great apes are our living window into the evolutionary pressures that shaped our ancestors, from tool use and social organization to diet, cognition, and disease. But this window is closing. All great ape species are endangered, and their populations are declining due to habitat loss, poaching, and infectious disease. This symposium brings together leading primatologists, conservationists, and evolutionary biologists to explore what wild apes can still teach us about ourselves — and what we stand to lose if they disappear.
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CARTA (Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny)
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CARTA's mission is to "explore and explain the origins of the human phenomenon." CARTA brings together experts from diverse disciplines to explore what makes us human, through symposia, workshops, and public outreach based at UC San Diego.
