RED BANK – As part of the 2008 Darwin Day celebrations taking place all over the world, Red Bank Humanists will host a Darwin Day presentation at its monthly forum on Sunday, Feb. 10, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Red Bank Charter School, 58 Oakland St.
The guest speaker will be Julian Paul Keenan, director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory and associate professor in the department of psychology at Montclair State University. His presentation, which will be followed by a questionand answer session, is titled “Exploring the Evolutionary Connection Between Religion and Deception.” The event is free and open to the public, and birthday cake will be served.
Hundreds of groups across the United States and the globe will celebrate Darwin Day in honor of the discoveries and life of the man who famously described biological evolution via natural selection.
Next year will mark both the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the 1859 publication of Darwin’s “The Origin of Species,” which presented the scientific theory that populations evolve over generations.
“Darwin Day promotes understanding of evolution and the scientific method,” saidMatt Cherry, executive director of the Institute for Humanist Studies, which promotes the Darwin Day celebration. “This celebration expresses gratitude for the enormous benefit that scientific knowledge has contributed to the advancement of humanity.”
More information is available at www.darwinday.org.
The Darwin Day celebration started with one event in 1995. Last year there were more than 850 Darwin Day events worldwide.
Red Bank Humanists seek to understand the universe through science and critical thinking and represent an overall objective of developing a more humane society. A complete schedule of Red Bank Humanists events is available at www.redbankhumanists.org.