Evolution: Expressed in life, sculpted in clay, and revealed in stone
Sponsor:
Cornell University Library
Location:
Mann Library
Time:
8 a.m. Thu - 8 p.m. Thu
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8 a.m. Fri - 5 p.m. Fri
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12 p.m. Sat - 6 p.m. Sat
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Description:
Mann Library will celebrate the 200th
anniversary of Darwin's birth by
focusing on his impact on the study of
life on earth. This multimedia
program explores Darwin's
observations of human expression and
celebrates our hominid past with
photographic views of sculptures by
paleoartist John Gurche and in a talk
by Warren Allmon, director of Ithaca's
Museum of the Earth at the
Paleontological Research Institution
and Cornell professor of paleontology,
that reveals what rocks have to tell
us about nature's evolving complexity
through the ages. Exhibit, Mann
lobby: "Written on Our Faces:
Darwin's The Expression of the
Emotions in Man and Animals, May 15
through September 15. Gallery
exhibit, 2nd floor: "Sculpting Our
Hominid Past: Photographic Views of
Works by PRI Artist-in-Residence John
Gurche," May 15 to July 31. Book talk:
Chats in the Stacks with Warren
Allmon. Friday, 10 to 11 a.m., 102
Mann Library.
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