3 March 1997: Prof Elri Liebenberg: The Evolution of the World Map

12 May 1997: Professor Henk Huismans, Head, Dept of Genetics, UP: Of sheep and men: where is cloning going to lead us in the future?

2 June 1997: Dr Himla Soodyall Dept of Human genetics, SAIMR and Wits: Reconstructing Human History using Mitochondrial DNA

4 August 1997: Dr Jacques Kriel, Medunsa: And the Flesh Became Mind: Reflections on the Evolution of Consciousness [Part 1]

6 October 1997: Dr Jacques Kriel, Medunsa: And the Flesh Became Mind: Reflections on the Evolution of Consciousness [Part 2]