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Darwin Day 2019

In 2019, the Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies (PTNCE) organised the Darwin Day in Poznań, Toruń, and Wrocław.

Poznań

Organisers: Faculty of Biology (AMU) and Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies.

Media patronage: To Tylko Teoria.

Date: 12 February 2019, 16:30-18:15.

Place: Aula Wydziału Biologii UAM, ul. Umultowska 89, Poznań.

Programme:

16:30-16:40 Opening
Prof. Katarzyna A. Kaszycka
Introduction
16:40-16:50 Darwin o wierze, Kościół o Darwinie
Prof. Jacek Radwan
16:50-17:00 Czy tekst Rdz 2,7 wyklucza ewolucję?
Rev. Prof. Janusz Nawrot
17:00-17:10 Zmagania ludzi Kościoła z ewolucją
Prof. Tomasz Polak
17:10-17:20 Ewolucja umysłu religijnego
Prof. Maciej Błaszak
Panel discussion
17:20-18:10 Ewolucja i wiara
M. Błaszak, J. Kozłowski, J. Nawrot, T. Polak, J. Radwan

Toruń

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Wrocław

Organisers: Institute of Psychology at the University of Wrocław and Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies.

Media patronage: To Tylko Teoria.

Date: 11-13 February 2019, 18:00.

Place: Aula Instytutu Psychologii UWr, ul. Dawida 1, Wrocław.

Programme:

February 11, 18:00 Ewolucja romantycznej miłości
Ph.D. Piotr Sorokowski
February 12, 18:00 Ewolucyjne meandry ludzkiej natury
Prof. Bogusław Pawłowski
February 13, 18:00 Wskrzeszanie mamutów, dinozaurów i neandertalczyków. O antycznym DNA
Ph.D. Martyna Molak-Tomsia

After each lecture there was a session of questions from the audience.

In addition, students of psychology and biology conducted workshops on the basics of biology and the biological foundations of psychology. Over 500 pupils from 9 primary schools in Wrocław took part in the workshops and learnt how natural selection works, where emotions come from and how the brain is built.