Darwin Day Celebration

DNA IS AT THE HEART OF EVOLUTION

AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITY

2005

All events to Celebrate Darwin, Science and Humanity on/or near February 12th, 2005, are listed below.

After February 12th 2005 our efforts concentrated on developing a greatly enhanced outreach capability, including and expanding the number of languages into which this website will be translated for the convenience of the International Community. In addition there have been a dramatic increase in the number of contacts and invitations sent out to JOIN US and Celebrate Science and Humanity. By the winter of 2006 our outreach efforts had generated substantial MEDIA attention and word-of-mouth expansion was occurring.

To register your event for 2008 go here.

Events for 2005, sorted by country, then by state, and then by city:

Title: Evolution Report ( Public )

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Title: Public lecture - The Hobbit from the Isle of Flowers ( Public )

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Canberra Skeptics invite you to a talk by
Professor Colin Groves from the Australian National University, who will discuss Homo floresiensis, or the “Hobbit”, which caused a sensation when its discovery was announced late in 2004. So tiny, so unexpected, so late in time yet so primitive - and right on Australia’s doorstep. Since then it has been accused of being anything from an australopithecine to a bird-headed dwarf. What was it, really, and how does it fit into the human family tree?

If you wish to join us afterwards for dinner (8 pm) at Vivaldi's, Uni Square, University Avenue, please advise Barbara Newman by phone or email (see URL).

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Title: Darwin Day 2005 ( Public )

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Title: Tasmanian Skeptics Darwin Day BBQ ( Public )

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Title: Darwin e a Evolução (Darwin and The Evolution) ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day ( Public )

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Title: 20th Annual Darwin Lecture and Dinner ( Public )

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Title: BC Humanist Association Darwin Day Special (talk and soiree) ( Public )

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Title: DARWIN DAY 2005 - "Taking the 'Fun' out of Fundamentalism" ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day Special Proofreading Queue ( Public )

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Title: Darwwin's Day Phylum Feast ( Public )

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We celebrate Darwin's birthday with a potluck meal made up of as many kinds of organisms as possible, to remember our origin as omnivores and our relatedness to other lineages.

Contributions to the potluck, should be labelled with the names of all the species they're composed of, and since these potlucks are scored by the total number of species and higher taxa represented, and at the EOBM since 1999 they have turned out to be largely vegetarian, the best effect on the total diverisity of the feast is achieved by bringing dishes featuring Fungi, bacterially fermented foods identified to species, and invertebrate Animals.

The potluck will follow a general meeting of the EOBM (15h00) to decide on options for the future of the museum.

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Title: Evolution and Darwinism in the Larger Scheme of Things ( Public )

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Title: Numero Especial de Fósil, Revista de Paleontología ( Public )

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Title: Grandes eventos en la historia evolutiva de la tierra ( Public )

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“Grandes eventos en la historia evolutiva de la tierra” (Great events of the evolutionary history of the Earth)

Lecture by Dr. Jack Schuster, head of the systematic entomology laboratory at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Interests include biogeography, systematics and behavior of passalid beetles as applied to forest conservation. He is also a rock and folk musician since his time at U. of Michigan (B.S and M.S biology) and U. of Florida (Ph.D. entomology). Tours of his rock band have resulted in the discovery of new species of passalid beetles.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Professor Schuster will talk about the most importants geological, climatic and biological events in the history of the world. The talk will take place at the 2nd floor, reading room of Ludwig von Mises Library. Dr. Schuster participated in the first ever celebration of Darwin Day in Guatemala on February 12, 2004. His enthusiastic conference of last year’s celebration on “The evolution of evolution” (in Spanish) can be seen on streaming video at http://www.newmedia.ufm.edu.gt/pagina.asp?nom=jschusterevolucion

Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM), a leading social science institution for teaching located in Guatemala, will celebrate “Darwin Day” on February 10th, 2005.

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Title: Annual Darwin Day Lecture ( Public )

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Title: Humanist Association of Ireland Darwin Day Lecture ( Public )

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Title: Lecture "Darwin - a devil's chaplain?" by Professor James Moore ( Public )

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How dangerous was Darwin’s science? What role did he give God? Is there any truth in the story of his deathbed conversion?
Darwin is a coveted ally. All manner of groups have appealed to him, seeking support for their views - atheists, secularists and humanists; capitalists, socialists and anarchists; liberal Christians, evangelicals and even some fundamentalists. But what about Darwin himself? How did he see his own identity in an age when science was the preserve of Christian gentlemen and society was dominated by the Church? Did he take sides? Born to wealth and respectability, groomed at Cambridge for the cloth, he returned from a global voyage to tackle that pressing `mystery of mysteries,’ how living species originate. The subject was an ideological minefield; he had much to lose. How then did he negotiate it? Having begun with God, did Providence see him through? Who was “the Devil’s Chaplain”?

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Title: Museum tour "The Darwin Trail" ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day in Florence, Italy ( Public )

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Darwin Day, organised by:
- the Department of Genetics and Animal Biology of the University of Florence,
- and "L'Ateo" (The Atheist), review of the Italian Union of the Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics.

Colloquium with the Professors:

Marcello Buiatti (Genetics): "Darwin and the Gentle Chaos of Nature"
Enzo Gallori (Genetics): "The Dawn of Darwinian Evolution and the Origin of the Life on Earth"
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi (Antropology): "From Primates to Humans"
Emanuele Coco (Ethology): "Guidelines for a Correct Survival: William Donald Hamilton and the Darwin's Horribly Cruel Works of Nature".

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Title: Darwin Day in Genoa, Italy ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day in Milan, Italy ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day in Padua, Italy ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day in Pisa, Italy ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day in Terni, Italy ( Public )

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Lecture upon: "La basi scientifiche dell’evoluzione biologica" (The Scientific Fundaments of the Biological Evolution).
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prof. Saverio Forestiero (Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”).

Lecture upon: "La teoria evoluzionistica: dalle difficoltà storiche per la sua accettazione a quelle odierne" (The Evolution Theory: Ancient and Current Difficulties in Accepting It). Lecturers: professors Marcello Ricci, Valerio Bruschini, Domenico Cialfi.

Maurizio Magnani is presenting his own book "Spiegare i miracoli" (To Explain the Miracles). Will also speak Mrs. Rita Grifoni, MD.

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Title: Darwin Day in Venice, Italy ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day in Verona, Italy ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day - L'EVOLUZIONE PROIBITA ( Public )

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Title: Darwin2 Voyage ( Private )

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Title: Human Evolution ( Public )

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14.00 Indirizzi di saluto da parte delle autorità
Opening speeches
14,30 Il Darwin Day in Italia e nel Mondo: introduzione
Darwin Day in Italy and in the world: introduction
Telmo Pievani, Professore di filosofia della scienza, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

UOMINI & FOSSILI
HUMAN BEINGS & FOSSILS
15.00 Si può prevedere l’evoluzione?
Is evolution predictable?
Richard Dawkins, Simonyi Professor of Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University, UK

15.30 Antiche ossa e pietre scheggiate:
il dibattito sull'evoluzione umana nella
seconda metà dell'800
Ancient bones and flaked stones: the debate on
human evolution in the second half of the 19th
century
Giacomo Giacobini, Professore di anatomia umana, Università degli Studi di Torino

16.00 Fra alberi e cespugli: alla ricerca di un
modello per l'evoluzione umana
Between trees and bushes: in search of a
model for human evolution
Giorgio Manzi, Professore di paleoantropologia, Università “La Sapienza”, Roma

16.30 Prima e dopo la sintesi moderna:
riflessioni sull'evoluzione umana
Before and after the modern
synthesis: reflections on human evolution
Juan Luis Arsuaga, Direttore Centro Mixto Evoluciòn y Comportamiento Humano, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

17.00 Discussione/Discussion

Coordina (Convenor): Anna Alessandrello, Conservatore di paleontologia MSNM

18.00 Visita della sala “Storia naturale dell’uomo”
Visit to the "Natural History of Humankind" hall

21.00 Tavola rotonda “Evoluzione: parliamone”
Round table “Evolution: let’s talk about it”
Raffaello Cortina Editore presenta “Il cappellano del diavolo”
Partecipano:
Richard Dawkins, Simonyi Professor of Public
Understanding of Science, Oxford University, UK
Telmo Pievani, Professore di filosofia della scienza, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Moderatore (Chairman):
Giulio Giorello, Professore di filosofia della scienza, Università degli Studi di Milano

16 Febbraio 2005

CERVELLI A CONFRONTO – EVOLUZIONE, RICERCA E SCUOLA
COMPARING BRAINS – EVOLUTION, RESEARCH AND THE SCHOOLS

9.00 Indirizzi di saluto
Opening speech
Enrico Banfi, Direttore MSNM

9.15 Dall'America all'Italia: una risposta alle
strategie degli anti-evoluzionisti
From America to Italy: responding to
anti-evolution strategies
Michael McIlwrath, Consigliere del Consiglio di Amministrazione e membro del Legal Advisory Council del NCSE (National Center for Scientific Education), CA, USA
9.45 Evo-devo del genoma
Genome's Evo-devo
Carlo Alberto Redi, Professore di biologia dello sviluppo, Università degli Studi di Pavia

10.15 Per una storia naturale del cervello
Natural history of the brain
Aldo Fasolo, Professore di neurologia comparata, Università degli Studi di Torino

10.45 Coffee break

11.00 La metafora dell’evoluzione nel sapere
contemporaneo
The metaphor of evolution in contemporary culture
Paolo Vidali, Professore di filosofia della scienza, Liceo scientifico “GB Quadri” (Vicenza), Università degli Studi di Padova

11.30 Pikaia: il nuovo sito web sull'evoluzione
Pikaia: a new web site on evolution
Telmo Pievani, Professore di filosofia della scienza, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Paolo Coccia, specialista di informazione scientifica, Milano

12.00 Discussione/Discussion

Coordina (Convenor): Nicoletta Salvatori, Quark/ Ugis

13.00 Colazione/Lunch

L’EVOLUZIONE UMANA: IERI, OGGI E DOMANI
HUMAN EVOLUTION: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW

14.30 Darwin e l’evoluzione dell’uomo
Darwin and human evolution
Pietro Omodeo, zoologo evoluzionista,
Università degli Studi di Siena

15.00 Rivisitando Darwin: la selezione sessuale
dagli animali all'uomo
Rivisiting Darwin: sexual selection from animals
to humans
Andrea Pilastro, Professore di etologia, Università degli Studi di Padova

15.30 Il genoma mitocondriale umano: una
prospettiva al femminile dell’evoluzione
umana
The human mitochondrial genome:a female
perspective in human evolution
Antonio Torroni, Professore di genetica, Università degli Studi di Pavia

16.00 Il benevolo disordine della vita
The benevolent disorder of life
Marcello Buiatti, genetista, Università degli Studi di Firenze

16.30 Discussione/Discussion

Coordina (Convenor): Sylvie Coyaud, giornalista

17.30 Conclusioni/Conclusions
Giulio Giorello, Professore di filosofia della scienza, Università degli Studi, Milano

21.00 Lettura di Kafka: "Relazione sulla mia vita di scimmia”

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Title: Darwin Day At " Feltrinelli" Library of Palermo ( Sicily) Italy ( Public )

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Title: buona selezione a tutti ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day in Rome, Italy ( Public )

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Title: Evolution in Action ( Public )

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Title: Dilettanti - quattro viaggi nei dintorni di Charles Darwin ( Public )

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Title: Los Cinco Reinos ( Public )

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Title: Talk Program ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day Lecture ( Public )

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Darwin Day Celebrations
Sick Frogs and Natural Selection
Thursday February 17
8pm C3 lecture theatre,
University of Canterbury,
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND

A fungal epidemic sweeping the global frog population may seem a long way from the busy wards of your nearest hospital, but declining frog numbers could actually help lead to declining hospital visits for humans too. Come along to the 2005 Darwin Day lecture, celebrating life and science inspired by Charles Darwin, and hosted by the New Zealand Skeptics and the Royal Society of New Zealand Canterbury Branch. All welcome, gold coin donation – Darwin birthday cake and bookstall provided.

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Title: Darwin Day Celebration ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day Buffet and Talk on Darwin's Voyage on The Beagle ( Public )

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Title: Evolution: a nightmare for theologians ( Public )

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Title: Annual Darwin College Lecture Series 2005 ( Public )

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Darwin College: Cambridge University has hosted a public lecture series for the past 20 years featuring speakers from every academic discipline and many fields of public life. For the current year 2005 the series starts on January 21st in Lady Michell Hall on Sidgwick Ave. at 5:30 pm and runs 8 week to March 11th. For more detailed information go to our website listed above.

Each Year the theme off the lecture series changes and for 2005 it is 'CONFLICT'. These lectures are popular and typically 600 or more people attend so one must arrive early to ensure a place .

You can review the entire lecture series for the past 20 years by going to our website where they are posted.

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Title: "Sea Change". A "Fire and Brimstone" Play. ( Public )

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The story of a historic voyage of discovery on HMS Beagle. Charles Darwin makes discoveries which lead him to question and then refute his religious views. Meanwhile his captain, Robert Fitzroy will become even more strident about his Christian faith. Eventually this conflict will contribute to Fitzroy's suicide. An epic tale of rationalism versus superstition and the strong feelings they can often evoke. A joint GALHA/SPES meeting.

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Title: Darwin Day lecture: "Darwin - A 'Devil's Chaplain'?" ( Public )

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Dr James Moore on
"Darwin - A 'Devil's Chaplain'?"
Chair: Professor Richard Dawkins
How dangerous was Darwin's science? What role did he give God? Is there any truth in the story of his deathbed conversion?
This lecture celebrating Charles Darwin’s birthday is organised by the British Humanist Association and hosted by the LSE's Interdisciplinary Institute of Management.

Tickets £5.00, or FREE to BHA members and LSE staff and students. Booking strongly advised. (Doors open 6.00 p m for 6.30 start, lecture ends by 8.30.)

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Title: What is Evolution? ( Public )

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Title: Are We Still Evolving? ( Public )

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Darwin’s theory paints a picture of a changing world, with species continually mutating, diverging and evolving. But in the modern world, with medical developments from in-vitro fertilisation to long-term care, and a social jungle very different from the ’ancestral environment‘, have we moved beyond evolution? Or is major mutation and speciation still possible? Join an investigation into our possible future – or futures. Watch live online.

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Title: Darwin’s Pigeons ( Public )

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Title: Evolution in the Virtual World ( Public )

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Title: Designer Dogs ( Public )

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Title: Evolution in Action – Modern Birds ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day at the Natural History Museum, London ( Public )

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Title: 'Dine with the Darwins' ( Public )

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Title: Galapagos Day ( Public )

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Title: Darwin at Downe proposed World Heritage Site - website launch ( Public )

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Charles Darwin’s home and neighbourhood at Downe, in London Borough of Bromley, England are being proposed as a World Heritage Site and a website is being launched. The UK Government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport intends to put forward ‘Darwin at Downe’ as the UK’s World Heritage Site nomination bid for February 2006. If the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribes the site in summer 2007, ‘Darwin at Downe’ will join the 26 other UK World Heritage sites.

Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is recognised as one of the most powerful and fundamentally important ideas in present day science, and indeed in philosophy and other central aspects of human culture. Consequently, we think that his ideas have outstanding universal value.

The vision of this project is to protect, conserve, enhance and sustainably promote the inspirational landscape important to Charles Darwin’s scientific ideas on the understanding of the natural world and humankind’s role.

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Title: Darwin Day Festival ( Public )

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Title: Birthday Toast ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Month ( Public )

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Title: Public lecture 'Evolution, antibiotics and infectious disease' ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day 2005 in Birmingham, England ( Public )

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Title: Panel Presentation and Bookstore Discussions ( Public )

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A panel discussion on modern evolutionary biology and genetics featuring Drs. Jocelyn Krebs, Frank von Hippel, Carol Jones and David Pfeiffer.

A public informative, interactive event in recognition of the legacy of Darwin's application of research and rational thinking to consideration of our heritage and our future. Evening discussion opportunities are also scheduled at Anchorage's Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores.

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Title: Modern Evolutionary Biology and Genetics ( Public )

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Title: Darwin Day ( Public )

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Title: The Evolutionist's Prayer ( Public )

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Title: Fourth Annual Darwin Day Celebration ( Public )

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Title: Steeling the Mind Conference ( Public )

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Many different speakers will be giving lectures.

[Database editor's note: Only one talk at this evangelical Christian conference will deal directly with evolution. At 7:00 local time: "Facts Supporting Intelligent Design: From one of the top apologists in the country, learn fact after fact supporting intelligent design over random evolution."

We are listing this conference here in the belief that truth is often found from the examination of various views.]

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Title: Darwin Day 2005 at UC Berkeley ( Public )

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From February 7-11 at noon each day, showings of the NOVA/WGBH series "Evolution" in 306 Wellman:

Monday, February 7: Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Part I
Tuesday, February 8: Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Part II
Wednesday, February 9: Great Transformations
Thursday, February. 10: Why Sex?
Friday, February 11: What About God?

Open House at Essig Museum, Feb. 8

Darwin's birthday cake and toasting, Feb 8.

BABS (Bay Area BioSystematists) Dinner, Feb. 8.

Lecture on "Setting the Record Straight: Vignettes on Modern Darwinism and Anti-Evolutionism", 145 Dwinelle Hall, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Feb 8.

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Title: Sacramento Darwin Day 2005 ( Public )