2009 Darwin 200

Darwin 200 "Origin" 150

Tuesday, January 13
“Darwin’s Puzzles: The Evolution of Sex and Death”
PATRICK PHILLIPS, Department of Biology and Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon 

Tuesday, February 10
“The Evolution of Cooperation and the Paradox of Altruism”
WARREN HOLMES, Department of Psychology and Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences, University of Oregon 

Tuesday, March 10
“The Evolution of Complexity: Opening Darwin’s Black Box”
JOE THORNTON, Department of Biology and Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon 

Tuesday, April 14
“Make Love, Not War: What Chimpanzees Can Tell Us About the Evolution of Human Behavior”
FRANCES WHITE, Department of Anthropology and Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences, University of Oregon 

Monday, May 4
“Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species”
SEAN B. CARROLL, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and the Howard Hughes Medical Institution, University of Wisconsin
Oregon Humanities Center 2008-9 Robert D. Clark Lecturer 

Wednesday, May 27
“Time to Abandon Darwin? Evolution and the Battle for America’s Soul”
KENNETH MILLER, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University
Oregon Humanities Center 2008-9 Kritikos Professor