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Evolution: Why It Is True and Why It Matters - Panel Discussion

Date/Time:Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 at 8:00 pm
Location:Sun Room, Memorial Union
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Phone:515-294-9934
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A panel discussion with Drena Dobbs, Professor of Genetics, Development & Cell Biology; Jill Pruetz, Associate Professor of Anthropology; and Justin Rice, graduate student in EEOB. Professor Dobbs compares protein structure/function in different organisms to see what is conserved and what evolves to give new functions. Professor Pruetz is a primatologist studying the behavior of nonhuman primates and is especially interested in the influence of ecology on the feeding, ranging, and social behaviors of primates and early humans. Justin Rice is a graduate student whose work focuses on science education at the undergraduate level, particularly the teaching of biological evolution. Part of the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the publication of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species.

Cosponsored By:
  • Atheist and Agnostic Society
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by GSB)