Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

James Costa and Elizabeth Yale

  • 13 May 2026, 17:30 – 18:30
  • Department of Zoology - Main Lecture Theatre
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Overview

James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be giving a series of book launch lectures around UK during May and will be speaking on 13 May at 5.30-6.30pm at the Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street. This event is free and open to all. 

Speaker Biographies

James T. Costa is director of the Highlands Biological Station and professor of biology at Western Carolina University. His books include Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory and Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species. Elizabeth E. Yale is associate professor in the Department of History and the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Sociable Knowledge: Natural History and the Nation in Early Modern Britain.


Location

Venue Address
Department of Zoology - Main Lecture Theatre
New Museums Site
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EJ
01223 336600

The Department of Zoology - Main Lecture Theatre is located on the New Museums Site, right in the heart of Cambridge City Centre. Enter the site through the Pembroke Arch on Downing Street.

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