Darwin and Lincoln Turn 200

Charles Darwin turns 200 next week. Isn't that amazing? So does Abraham Lincoln, oddly enough, on the same day, but be that as it may, I fully intend on blathering on about Darwin for a few days, pointing directions on other people's yammerings, etc., etc.

Firstly, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is hosting a series of talks about Darwin, in their Year of Evolution celebration.

Events

• February 5: The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment in the Obama Administration
• February 11: Barry Werth, Banquet at Delmonico's: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America
• February 12: Kenneth R. Miller: Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution
• February 12-13: Colloquium: Darwin's Legacy in 21st Century Biology
• February 15: Darwin Day and Evolution Teach In
• March 30: Free Panel Discussion: Teaching Evolution in Elementary School
• April 1: Dialogues with Darwin
• April 15: Lecture by Ian Hodder

Exhibitions

• Hadrosaurus Foulkii: The Dinosaur that Changed the World, Academy of Natural Sciences, now through April 19
• An Evolutionary Focus on a Medical Condition, Mutter Museum, now through May 1
• Surviving: The Body of Evidence, University of Pennsyvlania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, now through May 3

For further information, see the Year of Evolution Homepage