Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Evolution 2012 for Vegetarians

If you're attending the Evolution 2012 conference in Ottawa and you're a vegetarian, don't despair! I have written a post recommending some of my favourites (http://evolution2012ottawa.com/wordpress/?p=136).

If you're also interested in seeing the sites around the city see this post (http://evolution2012ottawa.com/wordpress/?p=116) highlighting Ottawa's many museums.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Evolution 2012 Blog

As many of you know, the Evolution 2012 meeting is being held in Ottawa this July. I'm currently part of the blogging team. We're working hard to create a variety of posts for people coming from outside the city. If you're planning to attend the meeting, the blog is an excellent resource!

You can read posts by myself and my colleagues here (http://evolution2012ottawa.com/wordpress/).

I hope to see you at the meeting!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Canadian Paleontology Conference

The Canadian Paleontology Conference (CPC) will be held at the University of Toronto this coming September.

You can find relevant information here:
http://www.cpc2012.org/

You can download and print the circular here:
http://www.cpc2012.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/CPC-2012-TO-1st-circular.pdf

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Interesting Recent Papers

Here are some interesting new papers that came across my inbox.

Jochen et al. 2012. Carbon isotope constraints on the deglacial CO2 rise from ice cores. Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1217161.


Haile-Selassie et al. 2012. A new hominin foot from Ethiopia shows multiple Pliocene bipedal adaptations. Nature 483: 565–569.


Rule et al. 2012. The aftermath of megafaunal extinction: ecosystem transformation in Pleistocene Australia. Science 335: 1483-1486.


Stewart and Stringer. 2012. Human evolution out of Africa: the role of refugia and climate change. Science Vol. 335: 1317-1321.


Peters and Gaines. 2012. Formation of the ‘Great Unconformity’ as a trigger for the Cambrian explosion. Nature 484: 363–366.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

End of Term Party!

We will be having our End of Term party this coming Friday. We will convene at O'Brien's on Heron (1145 Heron Road) around 8 pm. Don't forget to practice your singing!

I'm willing to buy a few cheap snacks but I can't buy much! If we all chip in 5 dollars we can probably get a nice spread of nachos etc. So let's raid those change jars!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Discussion This Week!

This week we will be discussing CREATIONISM! More specifically we will be reading Chapter 29 on irreducible complexity.

See you at Mike's this Wednesday 5 pm.

PS. This is our last week of discussion for the winter term. I will therefore plan our traditional karaoke party at O'Brien's in the next few weeks!