CFI PRESENTS: CHRISTOPHER DiCARLO “WE ARE ALL AFRICAN”
CFI Vancouver is proud to present a talk by Christopher DiCarlo. You can purchase tickets online here !
Dr. Christopher diCarlo is a fellow and advisor of the Center for Inquiry Canada.
He has been invited to speak at numerous national and international conferences and written many scholarly papers ranging from bioethics to cognitive evolution. His book entitled:
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Practical Guide to Thinking Critically
was released as a textbook by McGraw-Hill Ryerson (2007) and is currently being revised to be released more widely for popular interest with Prometheus Press.
He is a past Visiting Research Scholar at Harvard University in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Department of Anthropology and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Here, he conducted research for two books he is currently writing entitled:
The Comparative Brain: The Evolution of Human Reasoning
and
The Evolution of Religion: Why Many Need to Believe in Deities, Demons, and the Unseen
.
In April, 2008 he was awarded TVO’s Big Ideas Best Lecturer in Ontario Award.
In August, 2008, he was honoured with the Canadian Humanist of the Year Award from the Humanist Association of Canada.
We are all African:
In these four words lies the truth of our human ancestry. But it is not easy for some to accept this truth. In these four words we can learn a great deal about ourselves and our place on this planet. There is little doubt that political, philosophical and religious belief can stand in the way of accepting scientific information about human origins. But perhaps if we looked at the positive inferences which follow from such an understanding of the origin of our species, we may come to see a greater commonality between us. Towards this end, the purpose I have undertaken in this presentation is two–fold: first, I wish to present some of the most recent evidence which supports the claim that all human lineage descended from a small group of ancestors in Africa around 60 thousand years ago; and second, I shall consider some of the important political, philosophical, and moral implications which result from such an understanding of human origins.
The talk will take place at UBC Westbrook room 100 at 7pm on August 13th.
Tickets can be purchased online here
$10 General Admission
$7 Students
FREE for CFI Members
The reception will be FREE for CFI Members, $3 0 for non members. Please note, the reception will not be held at the same location as the talk. Instead, we will be heading to Moose's Down Under restaurant downtown. (830 West Pender Street) Tickets will be checked at the door.A few appetizer trays will be provided and pop will be paid for by CFI. All alcoholic beverages and any extra food will be your own responsibility.