Drawing from our evolutionary past, explore solutions for many of the world’s more pressing issues, like climate change, preserving species and biodiversity, feeding a global population, and understanding genetically based diseases. Through hands-on activities, guest speakers, and field visits, this seminar covers the earth’s most distant past to explain the living world and our place in it. Learn about and participate in citizen scientist initiatives, meet with experts doing research in the field, and understand the role of technology in the collection and analyzing of critical data.