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SUMMARY:Darwinspotting in 2009: Are there any real ones out there? - Dr Pe
 ter C. Kjærgaard\, Visiting Fellow\, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutio
 nary Studies
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CONTACT:Dr Karyn Megy
DESCRIPTION:2009 is a very special year for the theory of evolution. It is
  Charles Darwin's\n200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publica
 tion of the Origin of\nSpecies. Since then Darwin has served as an icon of
  evolution of modern science\, not\njust in scientific circles\, but in a 
 world-wide public context. He has been equally\ncelebrated\, tolerated and
  hated. In 2009 the so-called "Darwin Industry" is working\nat full steam 
 and with many different agendas. In this blissful mess of scientist\,\nhis
 torians\, administrators\, journalists\, opinion makers and religious grou
 ps it is\nimpossible to claim priority on how Darwin should be represented
 . Instead we find a\nseries of different Darwins shaped to fit particular 
 needs and interests.\nConsequently\, we find Darwin as a scientific hero\,
  a saint and\, indeed\, a sinner. In\nfact\, the quiet Victorian gentleman
  naturalist has even been made responsible for\n9/11 and all terrorists ha
 ve been dismissed as Darwinists. This lecture will look at\nsome of the ma
 ny Darwins in the anniversary year and see if we can spot any real ones.\n
 \n"Download the PDF poster":http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cubio/Posters/2009/Kj
 aergaard_BioSoc12032009.pdf\n
LOCATION:Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Department of Pharmacology\, Tenni
 s Court Road
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