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Darwin Day Siena

February 12, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Free

Just a easy and smarth afternoon with Siena University’s professors and researchers and their flash talks about evolution. Speeches are:
– Introduction by Francesco Frati, President of Siena University
– “Achille Quadri, the sienese darwinist” by Alessandro Leoncini and Alessandro Schiafone
– “Charles Darwin and the nectar thieves – Insects and flowers’s evolution stories” by Massimo Nepi
– “From Ape to Human: the iconography of Neanderthals” by Stefano Ricci and Giulia Capecchi
– “Bad neighbors: hard coexistence of big mammals” by Sandro Lovari
– “Empathy and Archeology: Prehistory treatments of disability, an evolutionary view” by Lucia Sarti and Nicoletta Volante
– “Evolution game-play: Explaning Evolution with videogames” by Schiafone Alessandro
– “No missing links at miscroscope! Foraminfera case studies” by Luca Foresi
The event is organized by Alessandro Schiafone in collaboration with the Museum System of Siena University.

Details

Date:
February 12, 2019
Time:
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
http://www.simus.unisi.it/it/2019/01/16/international-darwin-day-a-siena-il-12-febbraio-2019-alle-ore-17-00/

Venue

University of Siena
via Banchi di sotto, 55
Siena, Siena 53100 Italy
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Organizer

Sistema Museale Universitario Senese
Email
sistemamuseale@unisi.it
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