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The Darwin Lecture Series celebrates the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth (February 12, 1809) and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. The events will highlight the benefits of scientific knowledge acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity and ways that knowledge contributes to the advancement of humanity. A set of diverse public lectures will highlight evolution: the intersection of science and religion, evolution in the public, and the nature of science.
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Darwin Lecture Series - Blast from the Past: Human Evolution
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Tues., Feb. 10, 2009, 7pm
Patrick Lecture Hall
Townes Science Center |
Darwin Lecture Series:
"Blast from the Past: Human Evolution"
Speakers: Travis Perry, Wade Worthen, Brian Siegel |
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The theories of evolution and common ancestry are two of the great contributions of science, requiring as complete a reinterpretation of our place in nature as the Copernican Revolution. Contrary to popular opinion, humans and their ancestors provide one of the best and most complete examples of evolution.
Drs. Perry and Worthen from Biology and Dr. Brian Seigel from Religion will use a variety of dynamic, web-based resources to highlight the patterns and processes at work over the last 6 million years on our small but interesting branch of life's family tree.
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