Darwin Day is February 12th, the date of birth of Charles Darwin in the year 1809, at Shrewsbury, England. On this date, and throughout the month, people from all over the world are honoring the life, work and influence of Charles Darwin with events and activities which celebrate science and our shared humanity. Join in the events and celebrate the adventure of science, and the ‘passion to know’ that drives us to inquire, explore and discover what this world is all about. All events are free and open to the public.
Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives: How Evolution Has Shaped Women’s Health
RA778 .T673 2010
Cooperation in Primates and Humans: Mechanisms and Evolution
QL737 .P9 C664 2006
Defending the Cavewoman: and Other Tales of Evolutionary Neurology
RC359 .K578 2000
Diseases and Human Evolution
RA651 .B365 2005
Evolutionary Aspects of Nutrition and Health: Diet, Exercise, Genetics, and Chronic Disease
QP141.A1 W59 v.84
Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates: Ecological, physical and behavioral aspects
QL737.P9 F373 2006
Human Evolutionary
Genetics: Origins,
Peoples & Disease
QH431 .J53 2004
Individual Development and Evolution: the Genesis of Novel Behavior
QH438.5 .G68 1992
Primate and Human Evolution
QL737 .P9 C33 2006
Primate Behavior and the Emergence of Human Culture
GN280.7 .L36
Primate Behavioral Ecology
QL737 .P9 S764 2003x
Primate Ecology and Conservation: a handbook of techniques
QL737 .P9 P672338 2013
Primate Ethnographies
QL737.P9 P672456 2014
Primate Ethology
QL785.5 .P7 M6x
Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior
QL737 .P9 M345 2001
Primate Tourism: a tool for conservation?
G156.6 E26
Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World
GN281 .B764 2011b
Shaping Primate Evolution
QL737 .P9 S453 2004
The Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervets in Kenya
QL737 .P93 P78 2009
The Third Chimpanzee: the Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
GN281 .D53 1992
Western Diseases: an Evolutionary Perspective
RB152 .P655 2008
World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
QP141 .A1 W59 v.84
Are We Still Evolving?
GN281 .A74 2011 .DVD
Chimpanzees Today
QL737 .P96 C452 2005x .DVD
Horizon / The Ape that Took Over the World
GN283.25 .H67 2003x .DVD
Human Life
GN281 .H852x 2005 .DVD
Project Nim
QL737 .P96 P762 2012x .DVD
Walking with Cavemen
GN284 .H65 2003x .DVD
Hominid evolution 1: The early stages
Hominid Evolution 2: The Genus Homo
click to stream
World: a television history: chapter 1, Human Origins (10,000,000 B.C.E. – 8,000 B.C.E.) (1985)
a series based on the Times Atlas of World History
click to stream
Chimpanzees today (also available as a DVD)
click to stream
The list is curated by Kirstin Duffin, Librarian for Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Geography.
Guest lecturer Dr. Jill Pruetz, Iowa State University – Department of Anthropology, (who will present “Life on the Savana.” in Doudna Lecture Hall at 7:00 pm on Monday February 9), authored the above listed book Socioecology of adult female patas monkeys and vervets in Kenya (2009) . Dr. Pruetz also authored the following book chapters: “Feeding ecology of savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Fongoli, Senegal” in Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates: Ecological, physical and behavioral aspects (2006), and the chapter “Studying Apes in a human landscape” in Primate Ethnographies (2013).
Guest lecturer Dr. Michael Muehlenbein, Indiana University – Department of Anthropology, (who will present “Hormones, Health, and Life Histories” in Doudna Lecture Hall at 5:00 pm on Tuesday February 10), authored the chapters “Considering risks of pathogen transmission associated with primate-based tourism” in Primate tourism: a tool for conservation? (2014) and “Health assessment and epidemiology” in Primate ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques (2013). Both of these books are also listed above.
Accompanying the Book and DVD display is this collection of skulls from the EIU Biology Department
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