Extreme Evolution

May 9, 2017 — 5:30pm

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$48. Includes dinner. Part of CWRU’s Lifelong Learning program. Lecture starts at 6pm.

Patricia Princehouse, Director, Program in Evolutionary Biology; Outreach Director, Institute for the Science of Origins

The polar seas are home to a stunning array of unusual animals with unique adaptations such as icefish, whose blood contains an antifreeze solution they make within their bodies. Weird organisms eke out an existence deep within hot springs. How do such quirks, oddities and anomalies evolve? How can the blind process of natural selection produce such successful adaptations?

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