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Abstract Traits can only function together if expressed together, but the evolution of such phenotypic integration remains poorly understood. In this talk, I will present our recent work on the evolutionary origin and geographic spread of a sexually …
12:15 - 12:45pm
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Abstract Repeated evolution tends to be more predictable. The impressive spectrum of recent reports on genomic parallelism, however, revealed that the fraction of the genome that evolves in parallel varies greatly, possibly reflecting different …
10:15 - 10:45am
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Abstract Organisms rely on their senses-touch, hearing, vision, smell-to interpret their surroundings to find food, avoid predators, find mates, regulate temperatures, and follow their circadian rhythms. These complex traits are fascinating to study …
9:45 - 10:15am
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Documents and media Download the PowerPoint presentation Download support in PDF format Abstract Inequalities at school in France have been repeatedly reported in national and international surveys. One of the ways of combating this phenomenon is to …
5:30 - 6:30pm
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Abstract The two conferences will draw on the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in particular the relevant sections of the latest report, in an attempt to identify and discuss any implicit or underlying values, preferences …
5:00 - 7:00pm
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Abstract Since its creation, the IPCC has relied on the scientific community to draw up assessment reports on all scientific, technical and economic aspects of climate change. It has historically been organized into three working groups, dealing with the …
5:00 - 7:00pm
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The epidemiological transition that has taken place over the last two centuries in industrialized countries has consecrated the reign of chronic diseases (cancers, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, etc.). Despite the impact of epidemics, …
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The epidemiological transition that has taken place over the last two centuries in industrialized countries has consecrated the reign of chronic diseases (cancers, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, etc.). Despite the impact of epidemics, …
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Ergaleion - Papyrological lexicography of material life Conceived as part of the Ifao program " Realia d'Égypte de l'époque ptolémaïque aux débuts de l'Islam : mots et mobiliers " (dir. P. Ballet, M. Mossakowska, V. Schram), Ergaleion - Outil de …
9:30am - 5:30pm
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Abstract Translated into Armenian as early as the 5th   century, shortly after the creation of the alphabet and at the same time as the first versions of the Bible and the Church Fathers, the Roman d'Alexandre is the only Armenian translation of a secular …
2:00 - 3:00pm
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Abstract A very important factor in the emergence of scholarship was to prohibit access to knowledge acquired by unauthorized persons, and to prevent the number of scholars from growing too large. This lecture will outline how the transmission of …
11:30am - 12:30pm
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The question of the boundaries of fiction arises from what, paraphrasing Houellebecq, might be called the extension of the domain of fiction . We've gone so far as to speak of panfictionalism: everything would be fiction, or at the very least, all …
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Orhan Pamuk, world-renowned writer and essayist, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, has been invited by the Collège de France Assembly at the suggestion of Prof. William Marx . In this series of four lectures, Orhan Pamuk will seek to combine …
5:30 - 6:30pm
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10:30 - 11:30am
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Abstract From the 14th   century onwards, the Roman d'Alexandre underwent considerable metamorphosis, with the aim of changing the image of the conqueror into a veritable " mirror of princes ". Appendices were added, transforming the novel of a pagan …
2:00 - 3:00pm
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International symposium organized by Jean-Pierre Brun , Katia Schörle and Julien Zurbach. The sample in ancient economies The question of samples and their role in ancient economies is a vast subject, in need of more precise definitions and an appropriate …