Zuk brings bug talk to Eastern and Spokane

Marlene Zuk, an evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist who studies insects, will host a free lecture at the Bing Crosby Theatre in Spokane, April 19 at 7 p.m. for the Eastern Washington University President’s Forum for Critical Thought. She will also speak at EWU’s Cheney campus April 20 at 1 p.m. in the Walter and Myrtle Powers Reading Room, Hargreaves Hall 201

Zuk, a professor at the University of Minnesota, will discuss ideas from her most recent book, “Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet and How We Live.”

In a news release, Zuk noted that how insects can t...