WINNIPEG, MB – “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change,” said Charles Darwin.
Darwin Day 2010 Celebration
The University of Winnipeg’s Darwin Day 2010 celebration talks about `the most adaptable to change’ in two engaging lectures on Friday, February 12, 2010, on Darwin’s 201st birthday in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, (515 Portage Avenue) from 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm.
Both lectures are free and open to the public.
Turkana Boy: A Homo erectus skeleton & its significance for the study of the human evolution presented by UWinnipeg’s Dr. Mary Silcox, Department of Anthropology. She will show the audience a cast of a Homo erectus skeleton found in Kenya, affectionately known as The Turkana Boy, and discuss the significance of this finding to our understanding of human evolution.
Friday, February 12, 2010
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Darwin’s Legacy and the Biology of Ultimate Concern: Evolution, Humans and God presented by McMaster University’s Dr. Rama Singh, Department of Biology. Singh is a well-known evolutionary geneticist. His interests are interdisciplinary as evidenced by his role as an editor of a book that integrates biological, philosophical and historical perspectives on evolution.
Friday, February 12, 2010
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Following the lectures there will be a reception to which the audience is invited to continue discussions more informally.
Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born in 1809. Specifically, it celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin – the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor. Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the understanding of nature and advancement of humanity.
