In December, a model of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest ape that ever existed, settled down to life in Iowa. The exhibit was designed by visiting scholar Rufen Song, above, curator and chief of the Division for Research and Exhibits at the Beijing Natural History Museum, and Charles Monson, a student staff member at the UI Museum of Natural History. The Gigantopithecus model is based on the research of Russell Ciochon, professor of anthropology, and on fossil jawbones and teeth collected from China and Vietnam in 1988 and 1989. Photo by Rex Bavousett. A Community Read-In on Jan. 24.
Participants are welcome to read or just to listen.
Light refreshments will be served. Chances are it will be at any minute. The plows leave Campus Shops on Madison St. and plow outward to their routes. Therefore, the sidewalks along the Main Library will be cleared before those around Seashore Hall. In a typical circumstance, when it snows during the night, a sweep of campus is usually completed by 8 a.m., but icy conditions or heavy snow can slow down the process.