February 12, 2009 marks Darwin Day, the 200th anniversary of the birth of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin. That’s a lot of candles on his cake.

Donald Prothero, author of Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters is having a particularly busy week celebrating Darwin Day. You can catch him at one of several events he is doing in upstate New York in honor of Darwin’s birthday.

February 11, 2009, 4:00 PM
SUNY Oswego
Campus Center Auditorium, room 118,
Oswego, NY 13126

February 12, 2009, 4:00 PM
Life Sciences Auditorium
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244

February 13, 2009, 3:00 PM
Colgate University
Olin Hall-Love Auditorium
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY 13346

February 14, 2009, 3:00 PM
Cornell University
G10 Biotech Building
Ithaca, NY 14853

Can’t make it to an event? Listen to a podcast interview with Prothero here along with other media coverage of Evolution. You can also read a post that Prothero wrote for this blog last year laying out the errors of creationism and intelligent design.