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Darwin Day with Lee Dugatkin Sponsored by Anímo Leadership HS in Los Angeles

February 16, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Free

Lecture & Birthday Celebration: Topic: “The Evolution of Goodness” February 16th. 6-7:30 pm, Moffet Elementary School Cafeteria
11050 Larch Avenue, Lennox, CA 90304 (Just N of 105, Between Hawthorne & Prairie) Free Parking Traducción al español
RSVP: Information & reservations: Science Dep’t: marklewisfriedman@gmail.com or call 310.216.3277
Professor & Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Biology at the University of Louisville. His main area of research is the evolution of social behavior and the evolution of cooperation, the evolution of aggression, the interaction between genetic and cultural evolution, the evolution of antibiotic resistance, and the evolution of risk-taking behavior. Dr. Dugatkin has spoken at over 100 major universities world-wide. He is the author of 150 science articles and books including: Cooperation among Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective, Cheating Monkeys and Citizen Bees, The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness, Principles of Animal Behavior and Evolution.
“In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s as he developed his theory of evolution through natural selection. Indeed, Darwin worried that the goodness he observed in nature could be the Achilles heel of his theory. Ever since then, scientists and other thinkers have engaged in a fierce debate about the origins of goodness that has dragged politics, philosophy, and religion into what remains a major question for evolutionary biology.” Lee Dugatkin

Details

Date:
February 16, 2015
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
Free

Venue

Moffett Elementary School
11050 Larch Avenue
Lennox, CA 90304 , CA 90304 United States
Phone
310.216.3277

Organizer

Mark Friedman
Phone
310-350-7515
Email
Marklewisfriedman@Gmail.com