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Public "Darwin Day" Talks, Today and Tomorrow

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  • 11-02-2009 10:43am
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    robindch
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    Wednesday: Tomorrow marks the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin. The ISS celebrates the occasion on the eve of the anniversary with a presentation by Professor Tom Hayden, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin. The title of professor Hayden's lecture is "Charles Darwin and the Origin of Humans"

    The presentation will review the early life of Charles Darwin and the circumstances that brought him to his theory of evolution by natural selection. His views on the origin of humans will be considered particularly in the light of the evidence available to him. Finally the rapid accumulation of palaeontological and genetic evidence since Darwin's death and how it has shaped our current ideas on the origin and affinities of humans will be outlined.

    The lecture will take place at 8.00pm on Wednesday February 11th in the Gandon North Suite, Davenport Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2

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    Thursday: Darwin Day Lecture, Darwin, genetics, and the nature of humankind

    Professor David McConnell

    Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Thursday 12th February 2009, 7.30 pm

    Open to the public. Admission free

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