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NAME

TITLE

DATE

1st Darwin Festival, 1980

 

 

Engelke, John L.

From The Big Bang to Timbuktu

2/11/80

Newton, David E.

The Galapagos Islands: Nature's Living Laboratory

2/11/80

Wolfe, Wroe

An Alternative to Sea Floor Spreading

2/11/80

Bartz, Stephen

Sociobiology

2/12/80

Elia, Richard L.

Darwin's Impact On Religion And Society

2/12/80

Keville, Richard P.

The Darwins: The Genetics Of Genius

2/12/80

Bodenstein, Nancy M.

America In The Sixties

2/13/80

Cavallaro, Mary C.

The Scientist's World View In The 19th Century

2/13/80

Gibbons, Michael F. 

The Evolution of Speech And Language

2/13/80

Miller, Mary Emily

From Cook To Darwin

2/13/80

Matthews, Eileen G.

The Origin Of Man

2/14/80

Case, Susan M.

Just How Different Are We From The Apes

2/15/80

Margulis, Lynn

Evolution Of Cells

2/15/80

Panel Discussion

Nature vs. Nurture

2/15/80

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1981

 

 

Engelke, John L.

In The Beginning…

2/9/81

Maloney, Joan M.

The World of Darwin: The 1850's

2/9/81

Miyata, Kenneth I.

A Naturalist's Year

2/9/81

Case, Susan M.

Molecules and Man - New Approaches To The Study of Life

2/10/81

DeMaria, Alfred

Man and Disease In Evolution

2/10/81

Gould, Stephen Jay

The Fact of Evolution And Its Current Critics

2/10/81

Cole, E. James, Jr.

Adaptation in Wetland Plants

2/11/81

Elia, Richard L.

Effects of Darwinism On Religion, 1860-1920.

2/11/81

Schildkraut, Ira

The Current Revolution in Biology: Recombinant DNA

2/11/81

Kirchner, J. Cameron

Creation Versus Evolution: An Issue Resolved?

2/12/81

Panel Discussion

The Moral, Ethical, And Legal Issues Generated By The Movie: "Babymakers"

2/12/81

Deacon, Terrence W.

Evolution of the Brain

2/13/81

LeClair, Edward J.

Punishment: The Evolution of Social Control

2/13/81

Schildkraut, Deborah S.

Comparisons Of Social Behavior Between Humans And The Great Apes

2/13/81

Weinstein, Marcia L.

Neuropsychological Approach To Math Disabilities

2/13/81

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1982

 

 

Margulis, Lynn

Early Life

2/1/82

Elia, Richard L.

The Impact of Darwinism On Literature And Society In The Victorian Age

2/8/82

Martin, Geoffrey J.

Darwin and American Geographic Thought

2/8/82

Mayr, Ernst

In What Points Do Evolutionists of Today Disagree With Darwin?

2/8/82

Johanson, Donald C.

Lucy: 3.5 Million Year Old Woman Shakes Up Man's Family Tree

2/9/82

Steele, John

Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

2/9/82

Flibbert, Joseph T.

Pre-Darwinian America: The Search for an Alternative Synthesis

2/10/82

Gibbons, Michael F.

Evolution of the Hominid Brain and the Origins Of Speech 

2/10/82

McLain, Minor

The Neanderthal People in Fiction and History

2/10/82

Wright, Richard

Creation and Evolution: A Reasonable Alternative

2/10/82

Markunas, Patricia V.

Choosing Your Baby's Gender: Some Psychological and Ethical Implications

2/11/82

Mendelsohn, Jack

Creationism Versus Evolutionism

2/11/82

Sak, Matthew F.

Of Clocks and Signals: Evolution of Control Molecules

2/11/82

Wilkes, Garrison

Genetics and Plant Breeding: Yesterday, Today…

2/11/82

Filler, Aaron

Bipedal Apes Before The Dawn of Man

2/12/82

Meagher, Edward D.

Evolutionary Ethics

2/12/82

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1983

 

 

Paine, Clair

Changing and Unchanging Genes

2/14/83

Provine, William B.

Mechanism, Design and Ethics: The Unfinished Darwinian Revolution

2/14/83

Robbins, Sarah Frazer

The Galapagos Islands: Challenge in Preservation Of A Fragile Environment

2/14/83

Abell, Paul

Our Algal Ancestors

2/15/83

Lewontin Richard C.

Gene, Organism, and Environment

2/15/83

Reynolds, Thomas

Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory: Its Roots In Evolutionary Biology

2/15/83

Glick, Thomas F.

Evolutionism In Catholic Countries:... 

2/16/83

MacIver, Kenneth A.

Darwin and the Genesis of Totalitarianism:... 

2/16/83

Mendelsohn, Jack

Science, Identity, Choice, And Community

2/16/83

Barker, Elizabeth J.

What Made Lady Brewster Faint:... 

2/17/83

DeMaria, Alfred, 

Evolving Diseases: New Pathogens Or Old Enemies?

2/17/83

Hall, Barry G.

Evolution On A Petri Dish

2/17/83

Futuyma Douglas J.

Creationism: Fantasy or Fallacy?

2/18/83

Grassle, J. Frederick

The Biology Of Hydrothermal Vents On The Deep Sea Floor 

2/18/83

Kohn, David

From Beagle to Origin: New Light on Charles Darwin's Intellectual Voyage

2/18/83

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1984

 

 

DePalma, Philip A.

Coming To Grips With Darwin

2/13/84

Grady, Charles Wesley

The Zygotic Imperative: Overcoming The Split Between Science and Religion

2/13/84

Novitsky, Thomas J.

Serendipity And The Horseshoe Crab:... 

2/13/84

Margulis Lynn

Cells as Microbial Communities

2/14/84

Saunders, Judith P.

Darwinism Misplaced

2/14/84

Wiersma, Geertje Else

Modern Pair Bonding: Survival of the Fittest?

2/14/84

Fisher, Helen E

The Sex Contract, the Evolution of Human Behavior

2/15/84

Salzman, George

The Web of Life: An Anarchist Physicist's Perspective

2/15/84

Sharp, Rosemary

The Mother-Daughter Relationship in Evolutionary Perspective

2/15/84

Davis, Bernard D.

Molecular Genetics & the Foundations of Evolution

2/16/84

Grimes, John R.

Technological Fitness And The Archaeological Record

2/16/84

Kohn, Terry A.

"Your Affectionate Father, C. Darwin":... 

2/16/84

Barker, Elizabeth J.

Darwin and the Paradox of Adam's Dominion

2/17/84

Stribakos, Chris

Darwin, Spencer and Social Darwinism

2/17/84

Wilson, Allan C.

Molecular Evolution, Organismal Evolution And The Brain

2/17/84

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1985

 

 

Camp, Russell R.

God Did It-But How?

2/19/85

Kunz, Thomas H.

What Have We Learned From Bats? An Ecological - Behavioral Perspective

2/19/85

Gibbons, Michael F.

Evolution of the Hominid Brain and the Origins Of Speech

2/20/85

Jannasch, Holger W.

Adaptations To Life At Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents

2/20/85

Strong, Douglas Morgan

Homosexuality: The Evolution of Acceptance

2/20/85

Cullen, James L.

Using Micropaleontologic Data to Understand Climatic and Oceanographic Changes

2/21/85

Wilson, E.O.

The Evolution of Insect Societies

2/21/85

Dexter-Dyer, Betsey

Gaian Gold Deposits

2/22/85

Margulis, Lynn

Cells as Microbial Communities

2/22/85

Matthews, Clifford N.

Cosmochemistry and the Origin of Life

2/22/85

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1986

 

 

Dinarello, Charles A.

Interleukin-1: An Immunomodulator Before Its Time

2/18/86

Skehan, James W.

Theological Basis For a Judeo-Christian Position On Creationism

2/18/86

Smith, Charles Kay

Darwin's Linguistic Choices: The Scientific Consequences

2/18/86

DeMaria, Alfred

AIDS: The Evolution Of A Virus In Man

2/19/86

Maher, Timothy J.

Nutrition and the Brain: Are You What You Eat?

2/19/86

Green, Paul A. Jr.

Darwin Revisited: Evolutionary Ideology In Modern Society

2/20/86

Killingbeck, Keith T.

Evolved Obsolescence in Plants:  Can It Really Pay To Die?

2/20/86

Pier, Gerald B.

Antigenic Evolution in Pathogenic Bacteria

2/20/86

Lycette, Ronald L.

The Organic World of Henry David Thoreau

2/21/86

Martin, Debra, L.

Disease in Prehistory: Evolutionary Trends Recorded in Bone

2/21/86

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1987

 

 

Bedard, Gerald

Darwin, The Roots of Marxist Philosophy

2/17/87

Gibbons, Michael F.

Speech and Brains: The Experimental Evidence

2/17/87

Kunches, Laureen

AIDS In The Future: The Evolving Epidemiologic Picture

2/17/87

Gould, James L.

The Evolution Of Honey Bee Language

2/18/87

Herrnstein, Richard J.

Individual Differences

2/18/87

Mendelsohn, Everett

Charles Darwin Confronts The Origin Of Life And Flinches

2/18/87

Steadman, David W.

On The Shoulders Of Giants (also the video from Smithsonian World)

2/18/87

Kent, Donald M.

Evolutionary Ecology-…

2/19/87

Schilt, F. Steve

Finding (Or Losing) Your Way Among The Continents…How Motions Of The Earth's Plates…

2/19/87

Wilkes, Garrison

Gene Banking For Crop Plants: Now And In The Future

2/19/87

Levine, George

From Natural Theology To Natural Selection

2/20/87

Margulis, Lynn

Evolution And The Earth's Surface: Darwin And The Gaia Hypothesis

2/20/87

Reilly, Philip R.

The New Eugenics: Reflections On The Use Of Genetic Data

2/20/87

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1988

 

 

Skinner, B.F.

Selection By Consequences

2/8/88

Cullen, James L.

Cyclic Variability In The Tropical Ocean:... 

2/9/88

Rich, Peter

Evolution Via Redox Chemistry

2/9/88

Beaudoin, Richard L.

Adaptation And Evolution In A Specialized Environment:... 

2/10/88

Deblinger, Robert

Lyme Disease: Ecology Of Deer, Mice and Ticks

2/10/88

Miller, Lynn

The Revolution In Human Genetics: Promises, Promises

2/10/88

Beaulieu, John D.

AIDS: Overview And Update

2/11/88

Raup, David M.

Causes And Consequences Of Mass Extinction

2/11/88

duMoulin, Gary

Waterborne Mycobacteria: An Increasing Threat To Health

2/12/88

Early, Greg

Should Whales Have Feet? Understanding Marine Mammal Strandings

2/12/88

Guild, Braydon C.

Prospects For Human Somatic Gene Therapy:... 

2/12/88

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1989

 

 

Gajdusek, D. Carleton

Isolation (Geographic, Genetic, Cultural) and Human Disease

2/13/89

Hall, Barry G.

Do Bacteria Direct Their Own Evolution?

2/13/89

Kunches, Laureen

AIDS: Current Studies

2/13/89

Buchsbaum, Robert

Chemical Defenses Of Marine Plants Against Geese And Other Consumers

2/14/89

Panel Discussion

Strange Weather And Our National Security

2/14/89

Papagiannis, Michael D.

Bioastronomy: The Search For Extraterrestrial Life And Intelligence

2/15/89

Schultes, Richard Evans

The Magico-Religious Role Of Hallucinogens In American Indian Cultures

2/15/89

Pilbeam, David R.

Human Evolution

2/16/89

Reilly, Philip R.

DNA Forensics: The Promise And The Peril

2/16/89

Baum, William M.

Mind And Behavior In Evolutionary Theory

2/17/89

Margulis, Lynn

Evolution Of Cell Motility

2/17/89

Provine, William B.

Progress In Evolution And The Meaning Of Life

2/17/89

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