ALLELE Activities have been suspended for the 2020-2021 academic year due to COVID-19. We will restart the series as soon as it is safe to do so.
Welcome to the ALLELE (ALabama LEctures on Life's Evolution) seminar series. The series organizing committee, the Evolution Working Group, is pleased to present the 15th series of lectures on evolution. The lectures are designed for a non-specialist audience and are free and open to the public.

2019-2020 Schedule

September 12, 2019
David Sloan Wilson 
​"This View of Life: Completing
the Darwinian Revolution"
7:30 pm, 2008 North Lawn Hall
November 7, 2019: 
Gunter Wagner
“How the cow evolved to beat
cancer malignancy, and how
humans can learn from it”​
7:30 pm, 2008 North Lawn Hall
​January 23, 2020:
​Eileen Hebets
"Life on Eight Legs - How Arachnids can Inspire Science and Discovery"​
7:30 pm, North Lawn Hall 
February 20, 2020:
Trisha Wittkopp
“Evolution in Black and White: How Fruit Flies Change Their Spots and Stripes”​
7:30 pm, North Lawn Hall 
POSTPONED
Reschedule TBD
Holly Dunsworth
“Why are women shorter than men?: The surprising evolutionary reasons behind sex differences in human height”
7:30 pm, North Lawn Hall 

Special Panel/Forum
Race: The Actual Science

November 21, 7:30 PM North Lawn 2008
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Are you a student interested in evolutionary concepts? Consider the Evolutionary Studies Minor, which can be added to any other major at the University of Alabama.