LERN is delighted to present a talk by Prof. Stephen Stearns, currently Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. Prof. Stearns research focuses on evolutionary medicine, life history variation and evolutionary functional genomics, and we are proud to present his talk entitled “Major themes in evolutionary medicine” on May 2nd. The talk is…

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We are delighted to announce our first talk of 2012 by Dr John Hutchinson, from the Structure and Motion Lab at the Royal Veterinary College! The talk will be held on March 7th and will have as a title ‘The evolutionary co-option of sesamoid bones for foot support in “six-toed” elephants‘. The details of where…

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