Psychology Professor Steven A. Pinker discussed the unsubstantiated perception that humans are becoming more violent.

Professor of Biological Anthropology Richard W. Wrangham lectured on how humans’ abilities to cook signalled the evolution to the modern human.

Professor of African and African American Studies and English Glenda R. Carpio examined the social significance of hip-hop.

Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Andrew Berry discussed the genetic mutations responsible for biologically differentiating humans from chimpanzees.

Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures Maria Tatar—who teaches a course on childhood literature—traced the cultural history of the Little Red Riding Hood story while speaking about the malleability of child fairy tales.

Harvard Divinity School Professor Diana L. Eck, who is also Lowell House Master, talked about religious energies and spiritual pluralism.

The event, which drew an estimated capacity crowd of over 1,166 to Sanders, was organized by the College Events Board, Harvard Undergraduate Television, and the Undergraduate Council.

—Staff writer Gautam S. Kumar can be reached at gkumar@college.harvard.edu.