Newcastle University

This year, the Centre for Behaviour and Evolution at Newcastle University is organizing another Darwin Reading Group.  We will be reading the Descent of Man (plus 2 chapters from "Selection in relation to sex").  We will use the second edition because this is the most popular one. You can buy the book from most large book shops and online. If you have a different edition it should not be a problem though.  Chapter sequence may differ in different versions, so we've added the titles of the chapters as well as their numbers to avoid confusion.

Meetings will take place every other Tuesday at 16.00 in the Committee Room, Robinson Library and at 19.30 at the Lit&Phil in their Committee room. The same material will be discussed, so it's enough to attend only one of these sessions, whichever is most convenient for you.

If you are interested in attending, just show up to one of the sessions.  Please come prepared to discuss the material by having read the relevant chapters.

The programme is as follows:

02 February 2010
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: THE EVIDENCE OF THE DESCENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM.

16 February 2010
Chapter 2: ON THE MANNER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM.
Chapter 3: COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS

02 March 2010
Chapter 4: COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS (Continued) Chapter 5: ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL FACULTIES DURING PRIMEVAL AND CIVILISED TIMES.

16 March 2010
Chapter 6: ON THE AFFINITIES AND GENEALOGY OF MAN.
Chapter 7: ON THE RACES OF MAN

20 April 2010
Chapter 19: SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN Chapter 20: SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN- Continued.

4 May 2010
SUMMARY/GENERAL DISCUSSION

Everybody is welcome.  We look forward to seeing you there!