War, Peace and Human Nature(s): What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?

Agustin Fuentes, a physical anthropologist from the University of Notre Dame, will present two lectures, one on race and another on war, peace and human nature, Wednesday and Thursday, April 29 and 30, at Linfield. "War, Peace and Human Nature(s): What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?" will be Thursday, April 30, at 4:30 p.m. in Jonasson Hall, lower level of Melrose Hall. This talk will lay out what we know about human evolutionary processes and histories and how they inform us about the human capacity for war and our propensity for peace. Fuentes, a professor of anthropology at Notre Dame, examines human evolution from several perspectives, and his research sheds light on some of the most common misconceptions about human nature, specifically in the areas of race, sex and aggression. He is the author of "Evolution of Human Behavior" and "Health, Risk and Adversity." He has a bachelor's in zoology and anthropology, and master's and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of "Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths about Human Nature." His articles have been published in Cultural Anthropology and the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. Subject: PLACE Lectures Run Length: 01:00 Author: Agustin Fuentes Publisher: Linfield College Copyright: 2015