New England Institute
3rd Annual William D. Hamilton Memorial Lecture
Understanding Ourselves: Characterizing the Human Species in Evolutionary Terms
Richard D. Alexander, Ph.D.
Free Admission
Date: March 26th, 2004
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Parker Pavilion
CHP Room, Parker Pavilion
Westbrook College Campus
University of New England,
716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine.
Professor Alexander is internationally recognized as a pioneer and
leading authority on of the study of human nature from the perspective
of evolutionary biology. He has made important contributions to the
study of self-deception, altruism, morality, and a number of other
topics central to our understanding of ourselves, and has also done
important research into the social behavior of non-human species. Dr.
Alexander is the author of two highly acclaimed books on the
evolutionary understanding of human behavior: Darwinism and Human
Affairs (Seattle: Univ. Washington Press, 1979) and The Biology of Moral
Systems (New York: Aldine De Gruyter, 1987) as well as a number of
seminal scientific papers.
For further details visit http://www.une.edu/nei/
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