Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)
@anthropogeny.org
"to explore and explain the origins of the human phenomenon" http://carta.anthropogeny.org/
CARTA presents “The Idea Organ,” a free symposium exploring how the human brain gave rise to ideas, language, culture, and innovation 🧠 💭
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
January 20, 2026 at 6:58 PM
CARTA presents “The Idea Organ,” a free symposium exploring how the human brain gave rise to ideas, language, culture, and innovation 🧠 💭
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
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!
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00AM – 2:30PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
Register now!
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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!
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 10:00AM – 2:30PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/idea-...
Register now!
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
To follow their journey and support this life-changing experience, visit: carta.travelmap.net/2025-field-c...
Support: carta.anthropogeny.org/support
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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
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
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
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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
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
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
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
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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
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
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
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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
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
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
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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
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
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
October 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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
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
Read more: carta.anthropogeny.org/news/goodall
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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
Read more: carta.anthropogeny.org/news/goodall
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
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
August 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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
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
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
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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
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
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
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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
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!
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!
May 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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!
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
Date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org
Register now!
#carta #mismatch #cartaucsd
May 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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
Date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org
Register now!
#carta #mismatch #cartaucsd
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!
Date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org
Register now!
May 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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!
Date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Registration & Webcast: carta.anthropogeny.org
Register now!
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
#cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch
April 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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
#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
#cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch
April 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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
#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...
April 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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
#cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch
April 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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
#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...
April 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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
#cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch
April 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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
#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...
April 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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
#cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch
April 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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
#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
#cartaucsd #cartasymposium #mismatch
April 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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
#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
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
April 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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
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