Allan Wilson Centre Newsletter (Pheno)
Three editions of Pheno are published annually containing articles about the Centre's research and activities. Pheno is circulated to a wide audience from secondary schools to those who have an interest in the research we undertake in the AWC. If you would like to receive your own copy please send an email to Joy Wood and she will add you to our mailing list. If you would like multiple copies of any issue (for example, for a class assignment) please also contact Joy.
Copies of past Newsletters are available here. You are welcome to reproduce articles for your own use but we ask that you acknowledge the AWC Newsletter as the source and recognise the author if an author is listed.
Events
Professor Chris Stringer 2012 Lecture Series: Origin of our Species
Professor Chris Stringer, Palaeontologist and Research Leader in Human Origins at the Natural History Museum, London, will present four public talks in New Zealand in February 2012.
Professor Stringer will address major questions in human evolution, including: How do we define modern humans? What do the genetic data and radiocarbon dating really tell us? Were our origins solely in Africa? Are modern humans a distinct species from ancient people such as the Neanderthals and Denisovans? How different are we from them? What contact did our ancestors have with them? When did humans first inhabit Britain?
Auckland, 6.00pm, 22 February, Auckland Museum Events Centre
Christchurch, 6.30pm, 23 February, Central Lecture Block, University of Canterbury
Dunedin, 6.00pm, 24 February, St David’s Lecture Theatre, University of Otago
Wellington, 5.30pm for 6.00pm start, 25 February, Embassy Theatre, Courtenay Place
($15, including glass of wine; $10 for students and Royal Society members)
Radio NZ - Feature Guest - Charles Daugherty
Director of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Victoria University, Charles Daugherty speaks to Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon programme about the commemoration of the life and work of Allan Wilson on the 20th anniversary of his death. (29′23″)
Professor Rebecca Cann's lecture
Allan Wilson's former graduate student Professor Rebecca Cann (University of Hawaii) gave a series of six lectures around New Zealand in August 2011 commemorating his life and work. A recording of her lecture in Wellington on August 5th 2011 can be downloaded from http://www.r2.co.nz/20110805/ . You can also hear her talking to Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning show on August 6th 
Rebecca Cann interview (12,262 KB)
