CARTA: Awareness of Death and Personal Mortality: Implications for Anthropogeny - Mind Over Reality Transition: Evolution of Human Mortality Denial; Human Mortality Denial and Terror Management Theory; Lure of Death: Suicide as a Uniquely Human Phenomenon

Ajit Varki explores the human capacity for denial of reality and how that has shaped our evolution; Sheldon Solomon different philosophies surrounding mortality; and Nicholas Humphrey provides a comprehensive look at the motivations for, prevalence of and reactions to the uniquely human act for suicide. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32048]