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=Science Cafe Improbable Destinies by Prof. Losos= On December 14th, I had the pleasure of attending the lecture of evolutionary biologist and Harvard professor Jonathan Losos at the Daily Planet Cafe in downtown Raleigh. The theme of this event was on evolution, specifically alternative pathways of evolution if somethings were to happen to the status quo. He also elaborated on convergent and divergent evolution, and the effects of evolution in regards to the environment. He also talked about how living in isolation can bring certain evolutionary patterns. An example of such is when he elaborated on why modern-day hominids do not have tails.

This event is relevant to AP Environmental Science because a lot of the content in the lecture is the same content that we learned in class. We learned about the differences between convergent and divergent evolution, and we also learned about the effects that isolationism has on evolution. We also learned about different parts of the environment (i.e. predators) and what role(s) they have on evolution. We also learned about the peppered moth both in school and in the lecture.