The Evolution of Mind: My Talk Online

A couple weeks ago I spoke at Downstate Medical Center in New York about some of my articles in the New York Times that revolve around how the mind evolved. We can learn from bacteria, fruit flies, hyenas, and our own kids. You can now see the whole lecture with surprisingly clear slides on blip.tv. Click on the screen below, or go to the page on blip.tv. Warning: the sound drops out briefly around 13:00.

June 6th, 2008 4:00 AM Tags: Brains
by Carl Zimmer in Uncategorized | 2 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

2 Responses to “The Evolution of Mind: My Talk Online”

1. Mark Says:
June 8th, 2008 at 2:07 am

Nice talk. I’ve also really being enjoying your interviews on bloggingheads, and hope to see more of them crop up in their rotation.
2. cube Says:
June 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am

posted at 4:00 am?

Carl, get some sleep.

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