Kirksville Chapter of Sigma Xi Hosts Speaker

The Kirksville Chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, will host a presentation by Clark Spencer Larsen at their Annual Spring Banquet, Initiation and Lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 24 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room C. Everyone is invited to attend.

Larsen is a distinguished professor of social and behavioral sciences and chair of the department of anthropology at The Ohio State University. He is also a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History.

Larsen is an internationally known authority on bioarchaeology, the study of human remains from archaeological settings. His research is primarily focused on bicultural adaptation in the last 10,000 years of human evolution, with particular emphasis on the history of health, well being and lifestyle in native and non-native populations in the Western Hemisphere.

The banquet and awards ceremony will precede the lecture at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Building Georgian Room B. Tickets are $12. Please R.S.V.P. to John Ma at johnma@truman.edu or Patricia Sexton at psexton@atsu.edu.
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