Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

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Wed May 13 2026 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC+01:00

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Department of Zoology | Cambridge, EN

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James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be talking book their new book: The Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man.
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James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be giving a series of book launch lectures around UK during May and will be speaking on 13 May at 5.30 - 6.30pm at the Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street.

James T. Costa is director of the Highlands Biological Station and professor of biology at Western Carolina University. His books include Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory and Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species. Elizabeth E. Yale is associate professor in the Department of History and the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Sociable Knowledge: Natural History and the Nation in Early Modern Britain.


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