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Principles and Controversies of Evolution | |
Date | Saturday February 10 |
Time | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
Humanist Hall 390 27th Street midtown Oakland, between Telegraph and Broadway, below Pill Hill http://www.HumanistHall.net |
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Event Type | Speaker |
Organizer/Author | Florence |
HumanistHall [at] Yahoo.com | |
Phone | 510-393-5685 |
PRINCIPLES and CONTROVERSIES of EVOLUTION
Lecture by David Seaborg to Celebrate Darwin Day at Humanist Hall David Seaborg will illuminate the principles of evolutionary biology and the controversies surrounding them. He will explain what natural selection -- the mechanism of evolution -- is and how it works; how new species originate; why some types of species evolve very rapidly, while others do not change for eons; why there are so many species of some types, such as insects, and less of others; which ecosystems (such as rainforests) have high species diversity and why; how much of evolution is due to natural selection and how much to random factors; how sex evolved and why this is so important to evoluton; sexual selection and sociobiology; the evolution of co-operation and altruism as opposed to selfishness; the evolution of color patterns; and the meaning of variation in evolution. All in one fantastic -- and funny -- lecture! Sterling Bunnell will contribute to the discussions of David Seaborg's talk. The doors of Humanist Hall will open at 12:00 pm for our Humanist Tea House. Contact: 510-393-5685
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Added to the calendar on Friday Jan 19th, 2007 10:45 PM
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