Darwin@LSE Public Lectures 2005
Richard Dawkins FRS
Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science
University of Oxford
Is evolution predictable?
Chair: Richard H. Webb
Centre for Philosophy, LSE
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first serve basis.
Wednesday 23 February 2005 • 6.00--7.30 pm • Old Theatre, LSE
If evolution could be re-run many times, what regularities might we find? Is
evolution 'eager' to go down certain pathways, 'reluctant' to follow others?
Of course we cannot run this experiment. But the history of actual evolution
offers several approximations - 'natural experiments', such as prolonged
geographical isolation or speciation. And their patterns are revealing. They
suggest that evolution is more predictable than some fashionable
contemporary orthodoxies claim. This lecture develops ideas that are touched
on in Richard Dawkins's most recent book, The Ancestor's Tale.
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