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Darwin Day Festivities: February 6 - 9, 2012

Join us for Darwin Day, an international celebration of science and humanities.
Unless otherwise noted all events are free and open to the public.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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Darwin Day at UGA 2012
Date Time Event Location
Monday, Feb. 6 4 p.m. How to Build a Dinosaur
Jack Horner
Museum of the Rockies and Montana State University

Reception to follow lecture in MLC Rotunda, where copies of Dr. Horner's recent book, "How to Build a Dinosaur" (Penguin Books, Ltd.), will be available for signing.

Room 102,
Miller Learning Center
Tuesday, Feb. 7 11 a.m.

Pattern Formation and Regeneration in a Single Cell
Wallace Marshall
University of California, San Francisco

Room S175,
Coverdell Center
Wednesday, Feb. 8 12:15 p.m.

How to Build a Cell
Wallace Marshall
University of California, San Francisco

Room 404A,
Biosciences

4 p.m.

Of Lice and Men: New Insights into Human Evolution from a Lousy Perspective
David Reed
Florida Musuem of Natural History,
and the University of Florida

Room C127,
Davison Life Sciences Building
4 p.m.

From Shells to Bones: How We Find Fossils
Steve Holland
Department of Geology, University of Georgia

Room 248,
Miller Learning Center
Thursday, Feb. 9 4 p.m.

From Darwin to Biomechanics:
New Perspectives on the Origin of Avian Flight
Michael Habib
Chatham University

 Ecology Auditorium
7 p.m. What Darwin Never Knew
A NOVA Presentation - Public Broadcasting System

Room B118,
Davison Life Sciences Building