Now THIS is a Science on Tap topic: “The Origin and Evolution of Beer” 1/11 6pm

[ January 11, 2010; 6:00 pm; ] Oh nuts, it’s almost the second Monday of the month and I haven’t posted a thing about tomorrow’s Science on Tap:

Science on Tap: “The Origin and Evolution of Beer”
Speaker: Dr. Ernie Schuyler: Curator Emeritus of Botany, The Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Location: National Mechanics, 22 South 3rd St., Philadelphia

About 10,000 years ago, humans became [...]

Year of Evolution: “The Origin of Humanness” at the Wagner, 2/26

“THE ORIGIN OF HUMANNESS”
An illustrated presentation by Princeton University anthropologist, Dr. Alan Mann
Weeknights at the Wagner, Thursday, February 26th, 4-7 PM, Lecture at 5:30 PM
Celebrating the Year of Evolution
Charles Darwin, observing the babbling of babies, realized that humans have “an instinctive tendency to speak.” From birth we are programmed to learn language. Humans can combine [...]