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Christopher Wills is professor of biology and a member of
the Center for Molecular Genetics at the University of California,
San Diego. He was born in England and grew up in western Canada.
His bachelor’s and master’s degrees are from the University
of British Columbia and his Ph.D. in genetics is from the University
of California Berkeley.
Wills has written a number of books about evolution and genetics
for the lay reader, The Wisdom of the Genes (1989); Exons, Introns
and Talking Genes, about the science of the human genome project
(1991); The Runaway Brain (1993); and When did Eve Live?: An Evolutionary
Detective Story (1996).
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Are We Still Evolving?
January 21-25, 1998
at East Central University
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Participants in this seminar investigated the roots of free
expression and free conscience in our society and addressed
current dilemmas. They explored the place of religion, speech,
press, and assembly and petition in a free society. Some of
the questions were: Are limitations appropriate? Who decides?
Does privacy still exist? Can government limit access to the
Internet prevent a person from encrypting information, access
your financial records? Prayer in the public schools? Are curfews
legal? What about hate speech, pornography, and government funded
art?
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The Class Reading List: (These books and articles supplied
by OSLEP)
The Runaway Brain: The Evolution of Human Uniqueness,
C. Wills (1993)
Are We Still Evolving: How Darwin is Still Changing
our Lives, C. Wills (1997)
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