Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

[SkeptInq@aol.com]

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 Indiana University Office of Communications and Marketing
 Carmichael Center, Suite 201 Bloomington, IN 47408-4003.
 Phone:  812-855-3911. Fax: 812-855-7002. E-mail: ocm@indiana.edu
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 FOR RELEASE:
 June 21, 2000                            812-855-0074

 CONTACT:
 Hal Kibbey
 812-855-0074
 hkibbey@indiana.edu


 MORE THAN 1,200 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS
 TO ATTEND 'EVOLUTION 2000' CONFERENCE JUNE 23-27

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- More than 1,200 evolutionary biologists will
 come to Indiana University's Bloomington campus June 23-27 for "Evolution
 2000," the annual joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution,
 the American Society of Naturalists, the Society of Systematic Biologists,
 and the Association of Tropical Biologists.
    Each society will sponsor talks, symposia and poster sessions on
 topics in evolutionary biology and ecology, with a total of 892
 presentations. The schedule of events, a brief history of research in
 biology at IU, and on-site registration information can be found on the
 conference Web site at http://www.evolution2000.indiana.edu/
    A symposium on teaching evolution will be presented Friday (June
 23), 1-5 p.m. This will include laboratory demonstration sessions to
 illustrate topics covered in college courses. Examples of topics are the
 evolution of antibiotic resistance in the common gut bacterium E. coli, and
 the use of fossil and modern skulls of apes and humans to illustrate the
 importance of comparative morphology (skeletal and dental features) in
 determining evolutionary relationships.
    Members of the local host committee are IU biology professors
 Michael J. Wade (chair), Lynda Delph, Curt Lively, Keith Clay and Butch
 Brodie. Wade can be reached at 812-856-4680 or mjwade@bio.indiana.edu
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