'Why Do Whales Have Such Big Brains?'
Hans Thewissen is the guest speaker for the Nov. 12 Irving-Scholander Memorial Lecture Series.
Date: Nov. 12, 2021
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Location: Murie Auditorium and online
J.G.M. ‘Hans’ Thewissen will give the second lecture in the annual Irving-Scholander Memorial Lecture Series Friday, Nov. 12, from 3-4 p.m. in the Murie Auditorium and online.
“Why Do Whales Have Such Big Brains?â€
Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have the largest brains on the planet. Thewissen, a professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University, will explain why their brains are so big using evidence found in whale brains and sensory organs, fossils, behaviour; and in records of global temperature change.
The series is sponsored by 911±¬ÁÏ’s Institute of Arctic Biology and the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, and supported by private donations to the University of 911±¬ÁÏ Foundation. For more information, email Lara Horstmann at lara.horstmann@alaska.edu.