Corrie Moreau, Moser Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity, Cornell University , will give a free public lecture on April 10 at 6 pm in the Geological Lecture Hall of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge.
Microbes play critical roles in the biology and health of human beings, but we are not the only species that benefits from intimate relationships with microbes. Ants, for instance, rely on the microbial communities living in their guts to process food and make strong armor. Corrie Moreau will discuss this unique aspect of ant biology and what it tells us about the diversity and dominance of ants in terrestrial ecosystems, the evolutionary history of social insects, and the broad-scale evolutionary patterns of life.
Evolution Matters Lecture Series
Series supported by a generous gift from Drs. Herman and Joan Suit
Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage
