. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Edward O. Wilson presented Harvard's annual John M. Prather Lectures in Biology in April 2010, encapsulating his 55-year career at the university and looking forward to the critical challenges ahead. In his first of three lectures, "Biodiversity and the Future of Biology," Prof. Wilson discussed the richness of global biodiversity and the dangers posed by accelerated erosion of ecosystems to support this biodiversity. Prof. Wilson urged greater attention to and examination of the living world, which would open a majo
. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Edward O. Wilson presented Harvard's annual John M. Prather Lectures in Biology in April 2010, encapsulating his 55-year career at the university and looking forward to the critical challenges ahead. In his first of three lectures, "Biodiversity and the Future of Biology," Prof. Wilson discussed the richness of global biodiversity and the dangers posed by accelerated erosion of ecosystems to support this biodiversity. Prof. Wilson urged greater attention to and examination of the living world, which would open a major new scientific front of biology for the 21st century. In his second lecture, "The Superorganism," Wilson used Edward O. Wilson insect societies to demonstrate evolution from single organisms to the ecological dominance of the superorganism. Understanding the transitions between different levels of biological organization provides insight into how major steps of evolution can occur. In his final lecture, "Consilience," Prof. Wilson explored the boundaries among science, social sciences and the humanities and the interlocking cause and effect of these disciplines. This borderland of previously poorly understood relationships is the new frontier of academia, providing opportunities for novel collaboration across three great branches of learning. Prof. Wilson's lectures are available online at news_ The MCZ Commemorates 150 Years. Louis Agassiz In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a series of three lectures were given by Director James Hanken; Dr. Cristian Samper, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History; and Dr. Michael Novacek, American Museum of Natural History paleontologist and Senior Vice-President and Provost of Science. Dr. Hanken gave the first address, 'This Brick Ark: Celebrating the Museum of Comparative Zoology's Fi
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