Save the date for The Idea Organ, a free virtual CARTA symposium exploring how the human brain gave rise to ideas, language, culture, and innovation!🧠💭 Date: Friday, February 27, 2026 Time: 10:00AM – 2:30PM Pacific Time Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-... Register now!

Couldn’t catch Diyendo Massilani’s talk, “Archaic human genomes”? 🧬💡 Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=piOS...

Did you miss Janet Kelso’s talk, “Archaic introgression reveals human dispersals?” 🧬💡No problem! It is now available to watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOa...

This year, ten UCSD graduate students set off on CARTA’s 2025 Anthropogeny Field Course across Ethiopia and Tanzania! To follow their journey and support this life-changing experience, visit: carta.travelmap.net/2025-field-c... Support: carta.anthropogeny.org/support

The CARTA 2026 calendar is now available! All images feature highlights from our 2025 Field Course. 🗓️🌍 You can download it for free, or receive a printed copy with a $100+ donation to help support and sustain the future of CARTA! Get your calendar here: carta.anthropogeny.org/calendar

It’s live! 👏 Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺 Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science. Enjoy!

It was great to visit the @salkinstitute.bsky.social for this amazing CARTA symposium on aDNA. Thanks @anthropogeny.org for the invitation! (and for the position at USC for one day 😜) www.youtube.com/live/HM9EhCE...

Last Friday, we gathered for Ancient DNA: New Revelations! 🧬💡 Thank you to everyone who joined us! Your curiosity and questions made the event a true success. In case you missed it, recordings of all talks will be available soon. Stay tuned! #carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna #anthropogeny #ucsd

TODAY: Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free, public CARTA symposium. 🧬💡 See you there! TODAY! Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00-5:30 PM (Pacific) In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast For more details and registration, visit: carta.anthropogeny.org

THIS FRIDAY: Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free, public CARTA symposium. 🧬 💡 We hope to see you there! Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00-5:30 PM (Pacific) In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast For more details and registration, visit: carta.anthropogeny.org

Mark your calendar for Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free, public CARTA symposium! 🧬💡 Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00-5:30 PM (Pacific) In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast For more details and registration, visit: carta.anthropogeny.org #carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna

CARTA mourns the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall, whose life’s work transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and humanity. Her legacy of science, compassion, and hope will live on. 🌍🐒💚 Read more: carta.anthropogeny.org/news/goodall

Thinking about Jane Goodall, and grateful to have spent time at Gombe as a @anthropogeny.org graduate student in 2019.

Don't miss Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free, public CARTA symposium! 🧬💡 Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00–5:30 PM (Pacific) In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast For more details and registration, visit: carta.anthropogeny.org #carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna

Join us for Ancient DNA: New Revelations, a free CARTA public symposium! 🧬💡 Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00–5:30 PM (Pacific) In-person at the Salk Institute & Live Webcast For more details and registration, visit: carta.anthropogeny.org #carta #cartaucsd #ancientdna

Couldn't catch Caleb Finch’s talk, “Three smokes in the evolution of the human exposome?” 👣🧠 Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKh...

Did you miss Justin and Erica Sonnenburg’s talk, “The industrialized gut microbiome?” 👣🧠 Don’t worry! It is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS14...

Couldn't catch Barry Bogin’s talk, “Biocultural reproduction: The human style of hyper-cooperation?” 👣🧠 Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZj...

Did you miss Martin Häusler’s talk, “Osteoarthritis, back problems, difficult birth – scars of our evolution?” 👣🧠 No problem! It is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cENW...

Couldn't catch Genevieve Housman’s talk, “Primate skeletal gene regulation: Considering osteoarthritis susceptibility across evolutionary scales?” 👣🧠 Don’t worry! It’s now available to watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXLp...

Did you miss Günter Wagner’s talk, “Does the placenta drive the evolution of cancer malignancy?” 👣🧠 No problem! It is now available to watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=MseH...

Did you miss Deena Emera’s talk, “Is there a point to periods? The evolutionary history of menstruation and implications for women's health?” 👣🧠 No problem! It is now available to watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5_T...

This is a fantastic interview with @chrisbstringer.bsky.social. Wide ranging, interesting, and I learned some stuff. Imagine if the LCA of humans and Neanderthals dated to a million years ago! That may just be the case.

Did you miss Andrea Graham’s talk “The Evolution of Powerful Yet Perilous Immune Systems?” 👣🧠 No problem! It is now available to watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTT...

Missed Steve Frank’s talk Cancer is Normal Development Spun Out of Control? 👣🧠 No problem! It is now available to watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwI-...

What Is a Human? The New Science of the Genus Homo 🏺🧪 with Dr Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social Tracing the origins of our genus and the emergence of Homo sapiens as the last surviving human species www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTXC...

This paper updates things a bit: Aspects of human physical and behavioural evolution during the last 1 million years Journal of Quaternary Science onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Human Evolution: still a huge amount to come (from 2017)

Slow it down: evolution of human metabolism over two million years: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Early Humans Started Smoking Meat Million Years Ago scienceblog.com/early-humans...

Our virtual symposium, “Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease," starts at 10:00 AM PT! Join us to explore how evolutionary traits have shaped modern health challenges! Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org

Get ready for “Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease," a symposium exploring how evolutionary traits shaped modern health challenges. Date: Friday, May 16, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org Register now to tune in this Friday!

THIS FRIDAY! “Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease," a symposium exploring how evolutionary traits shaped modern health challenges. Date: Friday, May 16, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org Register now! #carta #mismatch #cartaucsd

Get ready for “Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease” next Friday by watching CARTA’s Human Evolution & Health playlist on YouTube. Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Event page: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma...

Coming Up! “Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease,” a symposium exploring how evolutionary traits shaped modern health challenges. 👣🧠 Date: Friday, May 16, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM Pacific Time Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org Register now!

🌍 Listen to Episode 4 of the On Humans x CARTA Series: "The Origins of Humankind" 🎙️ Ilari Mäkelä speaks with Johannes Krause on how Homo sapiens spread across the globe & adapted to climate change. 🎧 Spotify/Apple | 📺 youtu.be/unwhFEVCRK4 | 📰 onhumans.substack.com/p/origins

🌍 Listen to Episode 3 of the On Humans x CARTA Series: "What Is a Human?" 🎙️ Ilari Mäkelä joins Chris Stringer to explore the rise of Homo, brain growth, long childhoods & what makes us human. 🎧 Spotify/Apple | 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTXC... | 📰 onhumans.substack.com/p/origins

‘we’ve assembled the world’s leading experts to tell the epic story of human origins, with cutting-edge science as our guides’ onhumans.substack.com/p/origins

For all episodes, head to: 🔗 onhumans.substack.com/p/origins This broke all records in the show’s history. Huge thanks to every listener and reader who made it happen! 🙏🎉

🌍 Listen to Episode 2 of the On Humans x CARTA Series: "An Unusual Ape" 🎙️ Host Ilari Mäkelä & Dean Falk explore the deep origins of humanity and the fascinating Botanic Age. 🎧 Spotify/Apple | 📺 youtu.be/gfvuHOJJV5Q | 📰 onhumans.substack.com/p/origins #CARTA #OnHumans

Join Dr. Caleb Finch for his talk, "Three smokes in the evolution of the human exposome," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! 👣🧠 Registration & webcast are available at carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma... #cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch

Join Justin & Erica Sonnenburg for their talk, "The Industrialized Gut Microbiome," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! 👣🧠 Registration & webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma... #cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch

Join Dr. Barry Bogin for his talk, "Biocultural reproduction: The human style of hyper-cooperation," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! 👣🧠 Registration & webcast are available at carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma...

Join Dr. Martin Häusler for his talk, "Osteoarthritis, back problems, difficult birth – scars of our evolution?," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! 👣🧠 Registration & webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma... #cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch

Join Dr. Genevieve Housman for her talk, "Primate skeletal gene regulation: Considering osteoarthritis susceptibility across evolutionary scales," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! 👣🧠 Registration & webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma...

Join Dr. Günter Wagner for his talk, "Does the placenta drive the evolution of cancer malignancy?," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! 👣🧠 Registration & webcast at carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma... #cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch

Join Dr. Deena Emera for her talk, "Is there a point to periods? The evolutionary history of menstruation and implications for women’s health," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! Registration & webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma...

Join Dr. Andrea Graham for her talk, "The evolution of powerful yet perilous immune systems," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! 👣🧠 Registration & webcast are available at carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma... #cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch

Join Dr. Steve Frank for his talk, "Cancer is normal development spun out of control," on May 16th at our virtual symposium, Mismatch: Human Origins and Modern Disease! 👣🧠 Registration & webcast are available at carta.anthropogeny.org/events/misma... #cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch

Curious about where we came from? 👣 🌍 Recent CARTA Osher talks, “The Quest for Human Origins” and “Master Class I: An Anthology of Anthropogeny”, are now available online! Watch at carta.anthropogeny.org/osher