Professor Crawford traces our history from hunter gatherer to farmer to city dweller and shows how microbes have co-evolved with us, benefiting from our changing life styles, often to our detriment.

Edinburgh Celebrates Darwin (audio)

Darwin Across Disciplines - Deadly Companions by Prof Dorothy Crawford

2009 marked the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'On the Origin of Species'. The University hosted a year of lectures, exhibitions and activities to celebrate the bicentenary.

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Edinburgh Celebrates Darwin (audio)