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Human evolution of, in, and beyond the Anthropocene: outline of an applied science of beneficial social change.
Earlier this month I gave an invited lecture on human evolution in the Anthropocene at the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, and explained how we can use the science of human evolution to make positive change for humans and the … Continue reading
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Climate hope and fear for Earth Day
Yesterday, I joined Maine author Nick Fuller Googins and Susie Arnold, of the Island Institute and host Cindy Han on the Maine Calling on Maine public radio. You can listen to the whole episode here: https://www.mainepublic.org/show/maine-calling/2024-04-22/earth-day-climate-future
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Climate Migration comes to Maine
Maine has struggled for an entire decade to barely maintain it’s population size, even as the state continued to age. This demography double whammy causes a severe ‘brain drain’ problem, and has hurt Maine’s economy, and cultural diversity. However, things … Continue reading
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Waring to give lecture at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Overview: Modern ecological crises can be seen as resulting from human social and technological evolution. However, research on human evolution is not sufficiently developed to address global environmental issues or our species’ future on Earth. Theories of human evolution are … Continue reading
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Webinar on evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis
We recently hosted a global webinar as part of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B issue on Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis. Chaired by Peter Søgaard Jørgensen from the Stockholm Reslience Center in … Continue reading
ACE Lab: Applied Cultural Evolution Laboratory 