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Public Lecture: Is Human Evolution Over?

8pm 9 February, 2009


Melbourne Convention Centre
(Corner of Spencer and Flinders Streets)
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Speaker: Professor J. Steve Jones
Professor of Genetics
University College London

Leading evolutionary biologist and science communicator, Professor Steve Jones, argues that ‘the raw materials for evolution have largely disappeared’ in the world in which we now live.   Is human evolution over?  What does the future hold for our species?

Admission: Free

If you are attending this lecture, you may also wish to attend the 6pm public lecture by Professor Marcus Feldman:

Tracing 100,000 years of human history with DNA

Steve Jones

Location Map

The Melbourne Convention Centre is located on the corner of Flinders and Spencer Streets. The Melbourne Convention Centre is a short walk from Southern Cross Station or you can take tram numbers 96, 109 or 112. Click here for a printable map.

Melbourne Converntion Centre Map