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This year’s UCMP short course will include a series of case studies illustrating the importance of evolution
in our understanding of biodiversity and behavior, as well as its relevance to our society, and will take place on:
Saturday, March 8, 2003
9:00 am–4:00 pm
2040 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California, Berkeley
Topics will include:
Coping with evolutionary baggage as exemplified by marine mammals Exploring the evolution of some intriguing, if not bizarre, behaviors in animals Investigating the evolutionary strategies used by plants to cope with changing CO2 levels Looking at bacterial resistance and HIV from an evolutionary perspective Examining the origin of modern humans and the evolution of their behavioral advances
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The speakers are:
Michael Botchan
Professor and Division head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley Roy Caldwell
Professor of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley Richard Klein
Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University David R. Lindberg
Professor of Integrative Biology and Director of UC Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley Jennifer McElwain
Paleobotanist, The Field Museum, Chicago
Registration is required. $20 for Friends of UCMP or CSTA members; $25 for all others. For more information and to register, see the
short course website.
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