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Precursors of Humanity … along the trail of human origins with Deby Cassill & Frans de Waal

February 6, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

$32.04

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We are excited to present two famed experts iwho will discuss how we act as we do. It’s Evolution, after all. Join us for two lecture discussions, followed by light refreshments and socializing.

Dr. Deby Cassill — USF’s Department of Environmental Science & Policy is unquestionably enriched with Dr. Cassill’s scientific wisdom. Aside from holding a doctorate in biology and boasting more than a decade’s worth of experience, the professor has done extensive research on fire ants and ant behavior, written a myriad of scholarly papers as a result, received almost $25,000 in grants for various research projects, won a handful of distinguished awards, and appeared in numerous noteworthy science publications. Despite her star status in the world of science, Dr. Cassill is a down-to-earth, energetic and engaging professor. As clichéd as it sounds, she really does make learning fun — she has a natural ability to translate ideas and information without losing her students’ attention, and a genuine enthusiasm for what she’s doing

Dr. Cassill received her Ph.D. in biology from the Florida State University. On the campus of USF St. Petersburg, Dr. Cassill is affectionately known as the “ant whisperer.” In her quest to understand social behavior, Dr. Cassill uses ants as surrogates for humans. She studies the survival strategies of ants encountering a variety of adverse conditions. This has undergirded the proposition that social values play an important and expanding role in shaping the basis of animal and human behavior.

Dr. Frans de Waal received his Ph.D. in Biology and Zoology from Utrecht University, the Netherlands, in 1977. He completed his postdoctoral study of chimpanzees while associated with Utrecht University, in 1981, and moved the same year to the USA. He has been a National Academy of Sciences member since 2004, and a Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences member since 1993.

Time featured him in 2007 as one of the World’s One Hundred Most Influential People. He is also the Director of Living Links at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center.

He is the author of many books and articles the latest of which is: The Bonobo and the Atheist, In Search of Humanism among the Primates

This is an annual science and educational event sponsored by member organizations of Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason, of which Center for Inquiry-Tampa Bay is a founding member. We would appreciate your support.

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Details

Date:
February 6, 2016
Time:
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:
$32.04
Website:
http://EvolveTampa.com

Venue

Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater OCTAGON
2470 Nursery Road
Clearwater, FL 33764 United States
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Phone
727-271-3549
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Organizer

Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason
Phone
727-271-3549
Email
tbcor@metrodirect.net
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