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Fathers and Fatherhood: From Molecules to Modern Families
March 6 @ 8:30 am – 5:30 pm America/Eastern
Location: Online
Free, registration not required
Join a panel of experts for a day-long exploration of fatherhood, livestreamed from Yale University
How do bonds between fathers and offspring relate to bonds between romantic partners? What aspects of the father-infant attachment are uniquely human?
These questions have been the subject of much research from historical, biological, and evolutionary perspectives. We know that committed partnerships contribute to human happiness and well-being and that they also sustain the physical and mental health of its members.
Still, despite the benefits of stable, enduring social relationships, there is much to learn about the expression of father-infant bonds in humans and non-human primates. In fact, committed paternal care remains a paradox among mammals, humans included.
Session schedule
9:00 – 10:30 am Eastern – Welcome and Panel #1
Moderator: Linda Mayes (Director, Child Study Center, Yale)
Scientists: Carla Stover, Lauren O’Connell, and Lee Gettler
1:00 -2:00 pm Eastern – Panel #2
Moderator: Rushda Majeed
Scientists: Natasha Cabrera, Alison Bell, and James K. Rilling
3:30 – 4:30 pm Eastern – Panel #3
Moderator: Michael Feigelson
Scientists: Sarah B. Hrdy, Ruth Feldman, and Eduardo Fernandez-Duque
Learn more at the Yale Fatherhood Conference website.
Sponsors
This program is lecture is sponsored by the Yale Department of Anthropology, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies of the Yale MacMillan Center; Yale Child Study Center and Yale Franke Program in Science and the Humanities.
The Leakey Foundation is an educational collaborator and our participation is generously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Camilla and George Smith, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.