Title: The Nature Darwin Debate: Are we still evolving?
Date: 09 February 2009
Time: 7pm GMT / 11am PST
Location: The Elucian Islands, Second Life and Kings Place, London

On the 9th February a panel of scientists will be tackling the issue of human evolution: Is natural selection shaping humans? What will humans look like in 1000 years from now? Is natural selection still shaping humans given that our survival is often more dependent on technology than genes? What are the implications for future generations from sedentary lifestyles, falling birth rates and older parents? What might our species look like 1000 years from now?

Join three leading experts in evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology as they debate the latest evidence and its implications in a live event organized by Nature, the leading international weekly journal of science in association with Kings Place.

Henry Gee, palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist & Senior Editor, Nature
Susan Blackmore, psychologist, writer and Visiting Lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol
Andrew Pomiankowski, Professor of Genetics, University College London

Chair – Oliver Morton, Chief News and Features Editor, Nature

To take part in the event you can get tickets from Kings Place website, where the full programme can be found. In addition to this, the event will also be live streamed into Second Life, where you are welcome to attend and participate free of charge. All are very welcome: please register your interest by sending an email to Suhky Rezillo (s.dhaliwal@nature.com)

Edit: Also mentioned by Li Kim on the London Forum