William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
On Meerkats and Marmots: Long-term Research and the Birth of Behavioral Ecology
Erika L. Milam,
Charles C. and Emily R. Gillispie Professor in the History of Science; Professor of History,
Department of History,
Princeton University,
- Public Event
By investing in long-term project, ecologists have crafted living archives of animal behavior that now constitute decades of data on chimpanzees, marmots, scrub jays, meerkats, bottlenose dolphins – and more. Through a historical lens, this talk explores the importance of such long-term thinking in a world that exalts quick innovation.
For more information, please contact Sini Elvington by phone at 626-395-3243 or by email at elvington@caltech.edu or visit the event poster.