Sunday Lecture – Apes Like Us: Towards an Evolutionary Humanism

Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology Volker Sommer illustrates how studies of great apes challenge our deep-rooted tendency to distinguish “humans” from “animals” – as well as the dualism of “mind” and “body” – and asks whether evolutionary theory must always lend itself to worldviews that embrace materialism and atheism.; 11.00 £3 on the door/free to members.