WHO:

Dr. Janet Monge, co-curator of the upcoming exhibit “Surviving: The Body of Evidence,” part of a Year of Evolution at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

WHAT:

The Penn Science Café lecture series, free and open to the public, takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Café is your chance to ask a leading expert your questions about science. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/sciencecafe/

WHERE:

The Mar Bar, 40th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia

WHEN:

Wednesday, April 23, 6 p.m.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Menu items available for purchase.

DETAILS:

For the first time in its 120-year history, Penn Museum will launch an ambitious exhibit on the topic of organic evolution. Co-curator of the central exhibit, “Surviving: The Body of Evidence,” is Dr. Janet Monge, associate professor in Penn’s Department of Anthropology.

Dr. Monge will discuss the exhibit, evolutionary evidence and how Penn’s student community can become involved.

The Year of Evolution is funded by the largest exhibition grant ever awarded to the Penn Museum from the National Science Foundation. The 3,000-square-foot exhibition will explore the process and consequences of human evolution in the context of everyday life by using hands-on interactive devices, flexible exhibit designs with multimedia capabilities and interactive Web chats with an open community of scholars. Scheduled to premiere at the Penn Museum April 19, it will then travel for three years to nine institutions, ultimately serving a national audience of several million viewers.

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