Darwin conference at U Chicago 16 Apr 2009 Yes, I know there are thousands of these this year, and by October we’ll all be tired of them, but this one looks like the main game: Darwin/Chicago 2009. I am, of course, upset not to be invited to speak, but there are a few good names there to make up for my absence… Evolution History
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Probably going to fly in for this. Good groups of speakers – both scientific and non – and I’ve never actually been to Chicago (except to drive through).
Damn! Two things: – Looking at the list of speakers alone you may be fooled into thinking the conference will be held at Harvard. – Looking at the program you may wish you could be at two different places at the same time.
Damn! Two things: – Looking at the list of speakers alone you may be fooled into thinking the conference will be held at Harvard. – Looking at the program you may wish you could be at two different places at the same time.
Damn! Two things: – Looking at the list of speakers alone you may be fooled into thinking the conference will be held at Harvard. – Looking at the program you may wish you could be at two different places at the same time.
Not so great. Ruse is giving a talk: “Is Darwinism Past Its ‘Sell-by’ Date? The Challenge of Evo-Devo” I think he’s past his sell-by date.
Scott, Shubin, Futuyma, but not you? It’s all phylogeny, paleontology, ontogeny. And some guy named Kitcher talking about philosphy. Who the frak is he? He wrote his books a long time ago, so anything he has to say is so outdated.
Scott, Shubin, Futuyma, but not you? It’s all phylogeny, paleontology, ontogeny. And some guy named Kitcher talking about philosphy. Who the frak is he? He wrote his books a long time ago, so anything he has to say is so outdated.
Scott, Shubin, Futuyma, but not you? It’s all phylogeny, paleontology, ontogeny. And some guy named Kitcher talking about philosphy. Who the frak is he? He wrote his books a long time ago, so anything he has to say is so outdated.
Scott, Shubin, Futuyma, but not you? It’s all phylogeny, paleontology, ontogeny. And some guy named Kitcher talking about philosphy. Who the frak is he? He wrote his books a long time ago, so anything he has to say is so outdated.