150 years of Darwin's Evolutionary Theory: a South American celebration. Uruguay

Dear Colleague,
“150 years of Darwin's Evolutionary Theory: a South American celebration” will gather internationally renowned evolutionary scientists in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on September 2-6, 2009.
The meeting is the single Latin American scale of the Darwin200 Symposia, organized by The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), and will include keynote lectures, several symposia and poster sessions.

Confirmed keynote speakers:
* Giorgio Bernardi
* Daniel Dennett
* Douglas Futuyma
* Takashi Gojobori
* Eviatar Nevo
* Francisco Salzano
* Emile Zuckerkandl

Symposia to be held:
(chairs * and preliminary list of invited speakers)

• - Evolutionary Genomics and Molecular Evolution: Fernando Álvarez*, Hugo Naya*,Giorgio Bernardi, Gastón Gonnet, Olivier Gascuel and Pablo Goloboff
• - Evolutionary Physiology: Francisco Bozinovic*, Ernesto Gianoli, Carlos Navas, Pablo Sabat, Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto and Enrique Caviedes- Vidal
• - Viral Evolution: Juan Cristina*, Raul Andino and Eckard Wimmer
• - Paleontology and Evolution: Richard Fariña*, Sergio Martínez*, Sergio Vizcaíno and Laura del Río
• - Human Evolution: Monica Sans*, Francisco Salzano and Héctor Puccarelli
• - Darwinism and Society: Alción Cheroni* and Daniel Dennett

Abstract & Scholarship deadline: June 30th, 2009

A 150 Km horse back ride, following part of Darwin's path in Maldonado, will take place the two days before the meeting.
For more information on Abstract submission, Fellowships for Students, Registration and Housing, please visit our web site www.darwin200.edu.uy

You can also contact us by e-mail: darwin200@fcien.edu.uy

Fernando Alvarez
On behalf of the Organizing Committee

I Reunión de Biología Evolutiva del Cono Sur. Argentina

I Reunión de Biología Evolutiva del Cono Sur
A 150 años de la publicación de “El Origen de las Especies” de Charles Darwin

23-25 de Noviembre de 2009
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina

Organizan:
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires
Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (FFyL), Universidad de Buenos Aires
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano –
Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación

Contacto
E-mail: 150.darwin.sur@ege.fcen.uba.ar
Página Web: www. ege.fcen.uba.ar/darwin150

Filogenia de Puntas de Projectil de la Puna de Salta, Argentina

Quise adjuntar un archivo pdf de un trabajo que recientemente se ha publicado....

TEMPORAL TRENDS IN THE MORPHOMETRIC VARIATION OF THE LITHIC PROJECTILE POINTS DURING THE MIDDLE
HOLOCENE OF SOUTHERN ANDES (PUNA REGION) – A COEVOLUTIONARY APPROACH
Marcelo CARDILLO
Departamento de Investigaciones Prehistóricas y Arqueológicas (DIPA-IMHICIHU) CONICET. Saavedra 15. 5to piso

Abstract: The focus of this paper is to discuss theoretical and methodological issues regarding the study of artifact's morphometric variation, which to some extent can be considered as an outcome of three interrelated dimensions: a) prior history (heredability of a particular shape), b) adaptation to proximate requirements and c) design constraints (architectural restrictions). The methodology proposed here, is based on the application of metrical and non metrical techniques, as geometric morphometrics. The last one, and the principal focus of this paper, allows us to perform shape and form analysis, treating these two variables independently one from the other. Based from the analysis of a small sample of middle Holocene projectiles lithiqués from the South Andes (Puna), we discuss here the potentials and limitations of the phylogenetic analysis over morphometric data. The results of this analysis suggest
that while some basic traits of the form and shape have changed in different ways through time, other have tended to endure.
Keywords: Canalization Morphometric phylogenies design evolution

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