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Saturday, April 1

Evolution of Robots
Peter Swanson, Fanuc Robots America
Saturday Morning Physics series
10:30 am, 170 Dennison Building

Sunday, April 2

Darwinian medicine: If natural selection is so
great, why are we so vulnerable to disease?
Randolph Nesse, Psychiatry; Psychology; Center for Research on Human Dynamics; Institute for Social Research; University of Michigan
William R. Farrand Annual Public Lecture
Presented by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History
3 pm, Michigan League, Hussey Room

Monday, April 3

Evolution and the Nature of Science
Workshop for Undergraduates
5:30-7:30 Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Pre-registration required; visit Curriculum section of this web site for details.

Wednesday, April 5

Exploring Evolution of Darwin’s Finches
Peter and Rosemary Grant. Princeton University
Distinguished Speaker Series
7 pm, Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor (Note new location!)
Co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads Program and the Ann Arbor District Library

Friday, April 7

Not By Genes Alone: how culture transformed human evolution
Peter Richerson, University of California, Davis
Evolution and Culture Colloquium Series
10:30 am, 4448 East Hall

Saturday, April 8

An Evolutionary Guide to the Tree of Life
David Mindell, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
Saturday Morning Physics series
10:30 am, 170 Dennison Building

Footprints: Walking through time
Laura MacLatchy, Anthropology, University of Michigan:
Two-Footed Creatures
Joseph Amato, historian and author:
On Foot: A History of Walking
A cross-disciplinary panel facilitated by the
artists of The Walking Project
Presented by Arts@Michigan
1:30-3pm, Exhibit Museum of Natural History

Tuesday, April 11

Evolution Mural Opening Celebration
Created by Students in Lloyd Hall Scholars Program 140
5-7pm, Undergraduate Science Building

THURsday, April 13

All in the family: the ecology, evolution, & resolution
of multiway conflicts of interest in a marine snail
Dr. Richard Grosberg, University of California, Davis
Academic seminar presented by the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
4-5:30 pm, Lecture Room 2, Modern Languages Building

Friday, April 14

Death and Ancestors in Madagascar:
a cognitive developmental approach
Rita Astuti, London School of Economics
Evolution and Culture Colloquium Series
10:30 am, 4448 East Hall

monday, April 17

Good Biology and Bad Metaphors
Richard C. Lewontin, Harvard University
Co-sponsored by the Science, Technology,
Medicine, and Technogy Program
And the Life Sciences and Society Program
4-5:30 pm,1636 School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University Ave.

Tuesday, April 18

The Evolution of Tolerance
Richard Lewontin, Harvard University
Academic seminar presented by the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
12 noon-1 pm, 1640 Chemistry Building

Wednesday, April 19

UROP Research Symposium
Special section on research in evolutionary science
1:30-4:30, Michigan League

Gene, organism and environment
Richard Lewontin, Harvard University
Distinguished Speaker Series
7 pm, Chemistry 1800
Reception following in Chemistry atrium

Saturday, April 22

Applied Evolution: Domestication, Disease, Crime and Culture
David Mindell, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
Saturday Morning Physics series
10:30 am, 170 Dennison Building

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