Hello, University of Northern Iowa!

Since Jerry Coyne will never ever let me forget my modeling session with Ruse, I'll counter it a little with a photo of the sensible people from the University of Northern Iowa.

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Theresa Spradling, Peter Berendzen, Steve O'Kane, Marek Sliwinski, Neil Shubin (U. of Chicago) and Tiktaalik, Jim Demastes, and some guy.

I'll be speaking at UNI on 10 February, too.

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