I’ve been terribly busy with the Darwin conference here, and so haven’t been able to post. But I see that P.Z. is doing yeoman work by summarizing for you all the talks on biology. I’ll return to the fray tomorrow but wanted to put up a few snaps from the conference.
First, His Crackerness, photographed WHILE LIVE BLOGGING. Note the crocoduck tie:
Dave Jablonski (left) and Doug Schemske (right):
Richard Lewontin and his ex-student Fred Cohan:
Finally, from left to right, Neil Shubin, Dave Jablonski, and Doug Futuyma:
Ancient metazoan: the Chinese fossil Confuciusornis presented by Paul Sereno at his talk (P.Z. describes the presentation): This is an ancient bird (ca. 120 mya), the first avian fossil to have a short bony tail and a true toothless beak. But note the claws, betraying its reptilian ancestry.
Richard Lewontin and his ex-student Fred Cohan – by the urinal! Who’s the opportunistic photographer? 🙂
Jerry Coyne?
Yup, yours truly. You can imagine what the three of us were up to about one minute before the photo was taken. Nothing like using the facilities next to a Great Man!
I hope you washed your hands.
Those damn urinals in the Ida Noys basement. They call Chicago the “City of Broad Shoulders” and then build urinals 4 cm apart.
Oh well, I may not have stood on the shoulders of giants, but at least I’ve squeezed between them.
Jablonski’s shoes! What a great effect. Walking on lights!
Wow. Now I really miss UofC.
Wait…perspective here…
Is that fossil Confuciusornis larger than Neil Shubin, Dave Jablonski, and Doug Futuyma in the preceding picture????
Heh…Fred Cohan was my undergrad advisor. Didn’t even know he was Lewontin’s student.
Wish I could be there, seems like a great conference. I’m looking forward to seeing the videos on line.
I want a crockoduck tie!!!
Scientists in their natural habitat, a conference.
Obviously ghost images emanating from the shoes
Who are those dashing young gents standing by the urinals? Love the quaint locale.