Lifespan extension in human evolution: Intelligence, Inter-generational Transfers, and Health in Old Age
Hillard S. Kaplan, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
-
Welcome AddressesPresident Umberto Veronesi Foundation
-
Welcome AddressesPresident Giorgio Cini Foundation
-
Welcome AddressesPresident Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation
-
Welcome AddressesConference Vice President
-
Welcome AddressesSecretary General The Future of Science
-
Opening LecturesHoward S. Friedman, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
-
Opening LecturesPier Giuseppe Pelicci
Director, Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano
-
Friday, September 20thThomas Kirkwood
Associate Dean for Ageing, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University
-
Friday, September 20thLuigi Fontana
Professor, Department of Medicine, Salerno University, Italy and Washington
University School of Medicine, USA
-
Friday, September 20thSamuel Klein
Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science, Director, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
-
Friday, September 20thHillard S. Kaplan, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
-
Friday, September 20thElizabeth Blackburn, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco; Nobel Prize in Medicine 2009
-
Friday, September 20thSeth Grant, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and Centre for Neuroregeneration, The University of Edinburgh, UK
-
Friday, September 20thDavid Sweatt, Chair, Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
-
Friday, September 20thLars Bäckman, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
-
Friday, September 20thMark Cropley, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Surrey, UK
-
Friday, September 20thMariella Enoc, Giovanni Scapagnini, Angelo Ferro, Marcella Logli
-
Saturday, September 21stSergio Pecorelli, Chancellor, Università degli Studi di Brescia; President AIFA
-
Saturday, September 21stJames W. Vaupel, Executive Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
-
Saturday, September 21stAgar Brugiavini, Professor of Economics, Università Cà Foscari, Venezia
-
Saturday, September 21stCarlo Ambrogio Favero, Director, Professor, Financial Department, Università Bocconi, Milano
-
Welcome Addresses - ITAPresident Umberto Veronesi Foundation
-
Welcome Addresses - ITAPresident Giorgio Cini Foundation
-
Welcome Addresses - ITAPresident Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation
-
Welcome Addresses - ITAConference Vice President
-
Welcome Addresses - ITASecretary General The Future of Science
-
Opening Lectures - ITAHoward S. Friedman, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
-
Opening Lectures - ITAPier Giuseppe Pelicci, Director, Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano
-
Friday, September 20th - ITAThomas Kirkwood, Associate Dean for Ageing, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University
-
Friday, September 20th - ITALuigi Fontana, Professor, Department of Medicine, Salerno University, Italy and Washington University School of Medicine, USA
-
Friday, September 20th - ITASamuel Klein, Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science, Director, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
-
Friday, September 20th - ITAHillard S. Kaplan, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
-
Friday, September 20th - ITAElizabeth Blackburn, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco; Nobel Prize in Medicine 2009
-
Friday, September 20th - ITASeth Grant, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and Centre for Neuroregeneration, The University of Edinburgh, UK
-
Friday, September 20th - ITADavid Sweatt, Chair, Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
-
Friday, September 20th - ITALars Bäckman, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
-
Friday, September 20th - ITAMark Cropley, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Surrey, UK
-
Friday, September 20th - ITAMariella Enoc, Giovanni Scapagnini, Angelo Ferro, Marcella Logli
-
Saturday, September 21st - ITASergio Pecorelli, Chancellor, Università degli Studi di Brescia; President AIFA
-
Saturday, September 21st - ITAJames W. Vaupel, Executive Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
-
Saturday, September 21st - ITAAgar Brugiavini, Professor of Economics, Università Cà Foscari, Venezia
-
Saturday, September 21st - ITACarlo Ambrogio Favero, Director, Professor, Financial Department, Università Bocconi, Milano
This talk begins by reviewing shifts in brain size and longevity in the primate lineage, and presents evidence that middle and old age are a common part of the life course in human groups without access to western medicine.