2013 Toronto Science Festival

The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth

How does our understanding of the origin and evolution of life on Earth inform our thinking about life elsewhere in the Universe? Can we expect life beyond Earth to evolve as it has on our planet? Should we expect life to always evolve into complex forms?

As part of the Toronto Science Festival, science journalist Jennifer Carpenter will moderate a panel on “The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth” featuring evolutionary biologist Spencer Barrett, palaeontologist David Evans, evolutionary developmental biologist Cassandra Extavour, and evolutionary genomicist Stephen Wright.

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