The Tanner Center

In a world wracked by hostility and violence, the Tanner Center is dedicated to providing University of Utah students and faculty with the inspiration and education needed to become advocates for peace, nonviolence, and human rights. The center seeks to provide avenues for the open discussion of important issues dividing the community, the nation, and the world.



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Evolution of Human Aggression Conference Videos
2009


Wednesday, February 25

Opening Keynote Address:

DESTINED TO WAGE WAR FOREVER? THE EVOLUTION OF PEACEMAKING AMONG PRIMATES
Frans deWaal, Emory University

Thursday, February 26

Welcome and Preliminaries
Opening Panel:CONFLICT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AMONG GREAT APES

THE IMBALANCE-OF-POWER HYPOTHESIS AND THE EVOLUTION OF WAR
Richard Wrangham, Harvard University

EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Joan Silk, University of California, Los Angeles

Part II: CONFLICT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AMONG GREAT APES

CHIMPANZEE POLITICS:PACIFYING INTERVENTIONS AND RECONCILIATION
Frans deWaal, Emory University

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM AND AGGRESSION IN PRIMATES: JUST WHERE DO HUMANS FIT IN?
Mike Plavcan, University of Arkansas

Keynote Lecture:

NOTHING TO LOSE? ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, POOR LIFE PROSPECTS, AND LETHAL COMPETITION
Martin Daly & Margo Wilson, McMaster University, Canada

Panel: COALITIONARY VIOLENCE AND WARFARE

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
Steven Pinker, Harvard University

AMERICANS AT WAR: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON AN AGE-OLD STORY
Patricia Lambert, Utah State University

MALE HIERARCHIES, PARENT-OFFSPRING CONFLICT, AND WARFARE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Polly Wiessner, The University of Utah

Part II: COALITIONARY VIOLENCE AND WARFARE

WARFARE AND HUMAN ULTRASOCIALITY
Peter Turchyin, University of Connecticut

FROM LAB TO WAR: THE ROLE OF BIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY IN POLITICAL AGGRESSION
Dominic Johnson, University of Edinburgh, UK

Disscussant: Richard Wrangham


Friday, February 27