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Discuss “Evolution writer to speak, International Festival keynote”

This week’s lectures cover a broad range of topics, including a new science book, an Israeli film, and the keynote address of the International Festival.

Title: “The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors”

The Basics: Anne Gibbons will present a lecture about her recent book. The book chronicles a race between researchers to find the earliest ancestors and fill in the “missing links” between humans and apes. Gibbons has written for more than a decade for Science magazine, specializing in writing about evolution. Before this, Gibbons wrote for newspapers in San Diego and Palo Alto, Calif., and has written articles for The New York Times, Discover, Insight travel guides, and other publications. She also taught science...

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