[SydPhil] Critical Antiquities Workshop - Ron Planer

[Callista Sheridan]

Dear all,
 
We are thrilled to announce that Ron Planer (University of Wollongong) will be joining us for the final Critical Antiquities Workshop of the year, presenting his talk, ‘The Natural History of Human Social Life’.
 
The event will take place on Zoom on Thursday, December 5, 9:30–11:00am (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne time).
 
Here is the time in other locations:


Los Angeles/Vancouver: Wednesday, December 4, 2:30–4:00pm
Mexico City: Wednesday, December 4, 4:30–6:00pm
Chicago: Wednesday, December 4, 4:30–6:00pm
New York: Wednesday, December 4, 5:30–7:00pm
Santiago/Buenos Aires/Rio de Janeiro: Wednesday, December 4, 7:30–9:00pm
Dublin/Belfast/London: Wednesday, December 4, 10:30 PM–12:00am
Paris/Berlin/Rome: Wednesday, December 4, 11:30 PM–1:00am
Johannesburg/Athens/Cairo: Thursday, December 5, 12:30–2:00am
Beijing/Singapore/Perth: Thursday, December 5, 6:30–8:00am
Tokyo: Thursday, December 5, 7:30–9:00am
Darwin: Thursday, December 5, 8:00–9:30am
Adelaide: Thursday, December 5, 9:00–10:30am
Brisbane: Thursday, December 5, 8:30–10:00am



To register, please sign up for the Critical Antiquities Network mailing list to receive Zoom links and CAN announcements: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/6f8vCOMKzVT2lr7AvFEflHGaGy7?domain=signup.e2ma.net
 
Here is the abstract:
 
What has the social, political, and economic organization of human groups been like over the last 5–7 million years (i.e., the amount of time since we last shared a common ancestor with our closet great-ape relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos)? In this talk, I explain the types of evidence that are standardly brought to bear in attempting to answer these questions, and give my take on what our current state of knowledge is. I also explain why the answers we provide to these questions are of such fundamental importance to the project of understanding the broader evolution of our species (e.g., our cognitive uniqueness). In particular, I will pay special attention to: (i) the evolution of forager egalitarianism (which contrasts strongly with the dominance hierarchies that govern the lifeways of other primates); and (ii) the evolution of “open” societies amongst forager peoples, that is, groups with (somewhat) fluid social boundaries (which, again, makes for another super salient contrast with lifeways of other primates). Finally, I will explain how these developments transformed the face of human cooperation and cultural evolution.
 
We hope to see you there, 
Callista, on behalf of Tristan and Ben 
 
Callista Sheridan 
Critical Antiquities Network 
criticalantiquities.org <https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/z4_RCP7LAXf59Aj43h0h0HxPGLw?domain=criticalantiquities.org>
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