November 12, 2024 @ 17h30 - 20h30
Different human populations are neither culturally homogeneous, nor genetically uniform.
Traditionally, culture and genes are considered to be completely independent, but is this really the case?
As populations have expanded across the continents, the human species has encountered locally different environments in terms of climate, parasites, diet, etc. It has adapted to these, sometimes through cultural innovations, sometimes through biological adaptations, and often through the interaction of both. It has adapted to them, sometimes through
cultural innovations, sometimes through biological adaptations, and often with the interaction of both.
Added to this are individual behaviors, revealing a superposition of temporalities, from that of an individual's life to that of the local population with which he or she is identified.
Local adaptations are thus ideal situations for studying the interactions between genes and behaviors, and represent a springboard for fruitful interaction between evolutionary biology and the human sciences.  Details on the poster below: