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- We are the paradoxical eight.
Bipedal,
naked,
large brain,
long the master of fire,
tools and language
but still trying
to understand ourselves.
Aware that death is inevitable,
yet filled with optimism.
We grow up slowly.
We hand down knowledge.
We empathize and deceive.
We shape the future
from our shared understanding
of the past.
CARTA brings together experts
from diverse disciplines
to exchange insights
on who we are
and how we got here.
An exploration made possible
by the generosity of humans like you.
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- And so we humans ask ourselves
who are we?
What are we doing here?
Where did we come from?
How did we get here?
And where are we going?
To these questions
and our approachable ness
in science,
where did we come from
and how did we get here
and the term anthropogeny
explaining the origin humans
summarizes this approach,
approaching this problem requires
input from many, many aspects
of human endeavor and knowledge.
And we recruit such people
for broad-based discussion.
And this resulted
in this formation of the Center
for Academic Research
and Training in Anthropogeny,
whose goal is to explore
and explain the origins
of the human phenomenon.
I co-direct the center with Fred.H. Gage
and Margaret Schoeninger
and associate director Pascal Gagneux.
Today's symposium
is comparative anthropogeny
that is exploring the human-ape paradox.
How is it that we're
so similar genetically
and yet so different
in so many other ways
the symposium
was being cultured by Alyssa Crittenden
and Pascal Gagneux
and there will be
a live panel discussion,
question answers.
If you'd like to submit a question
to the panel,
use the Google form link
on your livestream page
and your questions may be selected.
To present this gratitude
to CARTA's founding sponsor,
The Mathers foundation New York,
and many other supporters
benefactors and patrons.
And special thanks
for support of close captioning
from Ingrid Benirschke- Perkins,
and Gordon Perkins
and Kathlyn Furr.
I urge you to become
a CARTA supporter today
your contribution ensure
that CARTA's symposium remain free
and available to all.
Last but not least, of course,
thank you to Lindsay, Kate,
Vishu, Linda and Jesse,
the CARTA staff
for putting this all together
and Rich Wargo,
Mike Weber, Matt Alioto
and Marci Bretts
who will be recording this
and putting it together
for a presentation on the web.
Thank you for joining us
and enjoy the program.
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