EVOLUTION IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION!
EVOLUTION IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION!
The 2012 UC Museum of Paleontology Short Course As we look at the biodiversity around us, we stare in wonderment at complex courtship behaviors, bizarre ornamentation and display, extraordinary adaptations to severe conditions, and unusual means of communicating, eating, and reproducing. The diversity is overwhelming and evolution is the only explanation! Come join the experts to learn more - this short course will give you a chuckle as well as an increased appreciation for life around us.
• Evolution revealed: How a musical instrument evolved from feathers
• Orchestrating the score: Complex communication strategies in jumping spiders
• Evolution "gone bad": The killers of Kluane
• Evolution can explain our sex lives
More to be announced
The registration forms and program description are now available online at http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/about/shortcourses/shortcourse12.php
Saturday, 03/03/12
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Judy ScotchmoorWebsite: Click to Visit
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