Evolution+Science+Cafe

 I attended a science cafe lecture by Jonathan Losos about his book “Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance and the Future of Evolution." Mr. Losos explained patterns of evolution from the dinosaurs to the plants and animals we see today. He used examples in his lecture like "the good dinosaur" and "its a wonderful life"to point out common mistakes in portrayals of evolution. Losos argued that natural selection has always favored large brain size in dinosaurs which led him to answering the question, "what would happen if evolution favored large brain size?' with which he answered something human like would form. In the end Losos wanted us to ask ourselves if humans were the inevitable life form.  This science cafe relates to our curriculum due to the patterns of evolution that was discussed in class as well as how natural selection occurs and how the outcome affects the future plants and animals.