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ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø presents University of Utah Distinguished Professor Henry Harpending lecturing on ‘Recent Rapid Human Evolution’ on Feb. 7

February 4, 2013
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University of Utah Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Henry Harpending will present the lecture "Recent Rapid Human Evolution: Some Implications for the Humanities and Sciences" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 in the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø College of Education Auditorium. 

Harpending is author of three books and more than 100 refereed publications. He is a world leader in the science of anthropological genetics, human demography and human evolutionary biology.

His most recent book is "The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution" co-authored with G. Cochran and published by Basic Books in 2009.

This lecture is sponsored by the Idaho Museum of Natural History, the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Chapter of Sigma Xi, the College of Arts and Letters Cultural Events Committee, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Office of Research, and the Department of Anthropology. Harpending’s lecture and several other ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø activities are being presented in honor of Darwin Day on Feb. 12

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