Celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday

By clock on November 18, 2009.

NESCent and SCONC:

What: November SCONC-fest

When: Thursday November 19th , 6-8pm

Where: National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham

Please join us to commemorate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of "The Origin of Species."

Learn about the wild world of Ice Age carnivores, brainy birds, and other creatures Darwin missed. Our tour guides will be four postdocs on the frontiers of biology.

We'll begin at 6pm at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham. Parking is free.

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)
2024 W. Main Street, Suite A200
Durham, NC 27705

Map: http://bit.ly/rGmKM

Travel Directions: The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is near the corner of 9th St. and W. Main St. in Durham, on the 2nd floor of the Erwin Mill Building. Free parking is available in front of the building.

To RSVP please drop a note to: rsmith@nescent.org

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