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How Fast is Evolution?
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How Fast is Evolution?
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Saturday Morning Physics
How Fast is Evolution?


Date: 10/10/2009; 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: 170 & 182 Dennison Building
Host Department: PHYSICS

Speaker: Professor Philip Gingerich, (U-M Geological Sciences/Director, Museum of Paleontology)

Detailed Information

Charles Darwin wrote that natural selection will always act very slowly, over long intervals of time, and generally on a very few inhabitants of a region at the same time. What did he know 150 years ago about rates? And what do we know now?

This lecture is part of the LSA Museums Theme Semester.



Contact Information

The lectures are held on the U-M central campus (Ann Arbor) from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and are preceded by refreshments and followed by Q&A sessions. The Church Street Parking Sturcture is available at a cost of $2.00 per vehicle.

For more information, please see the SMP web pages for more details.