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The evolution of empathy and expressions of emotion: Insights from our closest living relatives| title | The evolution of empathy and expressions of emotion: Insights from our closest living relatives |
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| start_date | 2023/06/22 |
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| schedule | 13h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | room 313BW & zoom |
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| summary | Along with our striking capacities for cognition, communication and culture, humans and other primates have evolved rich socio-emotional capacities that enable us to effectively navigate our complex social worlds. This includes sophisticated ways to produce, perceive and express emotions, as well as to respond to those of others, including those in need. Given that such traits do not fossilise, our closest living relatives, the great apes, provide a unique window through which we can explore the evolutionary basis of Hominid emotionality. This includes empathy, the capacity to share and understand others’ states, considered a hallmark of our species. Here, I will consider the evolution roots of empathy, expressions of emotion and the interplay between emotion, communication and cognition, by exploring the capacities of our great ape relatives. Through comparisons to humans, including in childhood, and to other animals, we can start to decipher the evolutionary basis of Hominid. |
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| responsibles | Esposito |
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| submitted | published | | 2023/06/14 09:49 UTC |
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