2009 Forum Videos
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
Openning 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 UltrasocialityY
Peter Turchyin, University of Connecticut
From Lab to War: The Role of Biology and Psyhology in Political Aggression
Dominic Johnson, University of Edinburgh, UK
Disscussant: Richard Wrangham
Friday, February 27
Welcome and Recap
Panel: Hormones and Human Dominance and Aggression
The Challenge of Testosterone
John Archer, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Oontogeney of Hormonal Mechanisms for Male Coalitionary Aggression
Mark Flinn, University of Missouri-Columbia
The Role of Physical Strengths in Anger and Anger Expressions
Aaron Sell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Panel: Domestic Violence, with Emphasis on Spousal/Partner Relationships
An Evolutionary Perspective on Family Violence
John Archer, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Men's Proprietary View of their Romantic Partners is Respective to Sexuality: An Expiremental
Study
Aaron Goetz, California State University, Fullerton
Hurting the Ones We Love: The Features and Functions of Aggressive Punishments in
Close Relationships
Julie Fitness, Macquarie University, Australia
Panel: Further Discussion of Domestic Violence, with Emphasis on Parent-Child Relationships
Violence Against Stepchildren: The Evidence and Its Discontents
Margo Wilson & Martin Daly, McMaster University, Canada
Hormonal Responses to Domestic Violence
Mark Flinn, University of Missouri-Columbia
Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Sarah Hardy, University of California, Davis