Free hybrid lecture: The Cat’s Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa
Schedule
Sat Sep 21 2024 at 02:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02138 | Cambridge, MA
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Speaker: Jonathan Losos, Director, Living Earth Collaborative; William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
Do lions and tigers meow? Why does my cat leave dead mice at my feet? Should I get a pet ocelot? How did the cat make its leap off the African plain? The domestic cat has, through both natural and artificial selection, transformed into one of our planet’s most successful and diverse species. Yet the cat, ever a predator, still seems only one paw out of the wild.
Join Jonathan Losos, scientist, cat lover, and author of The Cat’s Meow (Viking Press, 2023), to learn how researchers are using modern technology to unravel the secrets of the cat and explore the future for both Felis catus and Homo sapiens.
Copies of The Cat’s Meow will be available for sale before and after the program.
“[An] engaging and wide-ranging narrative…The Cat’s Meow is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that lurks within Fluffy.”—The Washington Post
“Losos is an engaging and often funny guide who explains the science clearly and with nuance.” —New Scientist“[A] labyrinth of fascinating riddles explored by Jonathan Losos—himself a lifelong ailurophile as well as an eminent evolutionary biologist—in this engaging and very smart book.”—David Quammen, author of The Song of the Dodo and Breathless
Advanced registration is recommended. https://tinyurl.com/CatsMeowTalk
Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 1:00 pm. Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge.
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