Lecture: How Apes and Monkeys May Help Us Understand the Economic Crisis , October 08

When	Thu., Oct. 8, 2009, 6 – 7 p.m.
Where	Harvard Museum of Natural History
Type of Event	Environmental Sciences, Presentation/Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor	Harvard Museum of Natural History
Speaker(s)	Marc Hauser, director of the Cognitive Evolution Lab at Harvard
Cost	Free and open to the public
Contact Info	617.495.3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Note	Humans are the cause of the current global economic crisis. Can Darwin and our primate relatives provide some insight into the world’s problems? In this lecture, Marc Hauser, director of the Cognitive Evolution Lab at Harvard, argues that many of the problems in our own economic decision-making can be traced back millions of years when our primate ancestors were small-brained quadrupeds lacking any concept of money or the stock market. Cosponsored with Zoo New England. Free and open to the public.
Link	www.hmnh.harvard.edu