{"id":1405,"date":"2009-02-09T15:05:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T21:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2012-04-23T21:38:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T02:38:40","slug":"darwin-day-lecture-212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/1405","title":{"rendered":"Darwin Day lecture 2\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/marketingandmedia\/news_releases\/2009_02_darwin_day.html\">2009 Darwin Day lecture<\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neanderthal\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Neandertals<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong>, Darwin, and the Sicilian Mafia; what do they have in common?<\/strong><\/span>&#8221; will be given by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthropology.wisc.edu\/people_hawks.html\"><strong>Dr. John Hawks<\/strong><\/a>, a UW-Madison anthropologist, on <strong>Thurs., Feb. 12th, at 7 p.m. in the Young Auditorium<\/strong> (free!).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/reflects.jpg\" alt=\"Reflections of the past cover\" class=\"alignright\" \/>You may have heard Dr. Hawks on NPR (National Public Radio) discussing Darwin and human evolution, and he is featured in an article &#8220;Are we still evolving?&#8221; (photo online at <a href=\"http:\/\/discovermagazine.com\/2009\/mar\/09-they-dont-make-homo-sapiens-like-they-used-to\">&#8220;They don&#8217;t make homo sapiens like they used to&#8221;<\/a>) in <em>Discover<\/em> magazine&#8217;s March 2009 issue honoring 150 years of evolution (available in the Browsing area just inside the Library entrance). You can also learn more about Dr. Hawks and neandertals from his <a href=\"http:\/\/johnhawks.net\/weblog\">weblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/darghost.jpg\" alt=\"Darwin's ghost cover\" class=\"alignleft\" \/>Search the <a href=\"http:\/\/wtwlib.wisconsin.edu\/\">Library Catalog<\/a> for books in the University Library about neandertals, human evolution, and Darwin, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=dxJY4EkcoccC&amp;source=gbs_ViewAPI\"><em>Reflections of our past: how human history is revealed in our genes<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, GN289 .R45 2003) or <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=dt0AAAAACAAJ\"><em>Darwin\u2019s ghost: The origin of species updated<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, QH375 .J66 2000).<\/p>\n<p>2009 is a special year for Darwin enthusiasts because it marks two major anniversaries: 200 years since the birth of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_darwin\">Charles Darwin<\/a> (February 12, 1809) and 150 years since the publication of <a href=\"http:\/\/darwin-online.org.uk\/EditorialIntroductions\/Freeman_OntheOriginofSpecies.html\"><em>On the Origin of Species<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2009 Darwin Day lecture &#8220;Neandertals, Darwin, and the Sicilian Mafia; what do they have in common?&#8221; will be given by Dr. John Hawks, a UW-Madison anthropologist, on Thurs., Feb. 12th, at 7 p.m. in the Young Auditorium (free!). 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