Evidence for Evolution: |
Time: January-April 2009
When: Carnegie Museum of Art Theater, and Bayer Learning Center at Duquesne University
Centered around providing evidence for evolution, the weekly Science Talks were given by a diverse array of professionals from a variety of fields.
Past talks are listed below:
The Origins of Darwin’s Origin
James Lennox, University of Pittsburgh.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
January 16, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
January 17, 2009, 1pm
Cosmic timescales: how do we know what we know?
Evidence for the age of the universe and the earth. Simonetta Frittelli, Duquesne University.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
January 23, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
January 24, 2009, 1pm
Written in Stone: The First Three Billion Years of Evolutionary History
Early evolution of life on earth. Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Tech.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
January 30, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
January 31, 2009, 1pm
Darwinian Medicine: A New Approach to Health and Disease
Darwinian medicine. Paul Sherman, Cornell University.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
February 6, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
February 7, 2009, 1pm
* Charles Darwin 200th Birthday Lecture
by Janet Browne,
The Ascent of Darwin: Commemorating the Origin of Species - Abstract
Carnegie Music Hall, February 9, 2009
* Part of the Drue Heinz lecture series
From a hermit to a king: when and where did the hermit crab lose its shell?
Biogeography as evidence for evolution. Cliff Cunningham, Duke University.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
February 20, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Lecture Hall
February 21, 2009, 1pm
Great Steps in the History of Life: Finding an Evolutionary Link between Fishes and Limbed Vertebrates
Early tetrapod evolution. Ted Daeschler, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
February 27, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Lecture Hall
February 28, 2009, 1pm
Documenting Early Primate Evolution: Recent Progress and Recurrent Problems
Primate evolution. Chris Beard, CMNH.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
March 13, 2009, 3pmCMNH Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
March 14, 2009, 1pm
Building on Darwin’s Insight in Uncovering the Origins of Horse Domestication
Artificial selection as evidence for evolution. Sandra Olsen, CMNH.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
March 27, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
March 28, 2009, 1pm
Lake Malawi: A Natural Laboratory for the Study of Evolution and Biodiversity
Rapid speciation in fishes. Jay Stauffer, Penn State University.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
April 3, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
April 4, 2009, 1pm
Early Human Populations in the New World: A Biased Perspective
Early N. American human colonization. James Adovasio, Mercyhurst University.
Duquesne University, Pappert Lecture Hall, Bayer Learning Center
April 17, 2009, 3pmCMNH, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
April 18, 2009, 1pm
