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A journey from the origins

Where did we come from? This winter, the Science Café of Casa Orlandai challenge us to understand our origins and the evolution we have followed to explain the present.

Casa Orlandai Culture Association scheduled a new season of gatherings in which every third Wednesday of the month you will be able to attend one of the science cafés, that bring an expert in any of science fields who will lead a scientific talk close to the attendants. All the talks start at 7 pm at the Sala Carme Karr of Casa Orlandai (C/Jaume Piquet, 23 Barcelona).

The questions that have to do with the origin of life and our own human species have always been a source of curiosity and speculation for us all. They are the most recurrent questions in all fields, especially in biology and natural philosophy: where did we come from? This quarter, the Cafés Scientists Orlandai House are proposing a modern vision under the scientific point of view,to understand our origins and the evolution we have followed to explain present.  

Wednesday, January 22

The use of vegetal resources. Pere Puigdomènech,  Agrigenomics Research Centre (Crag) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB  

Wednesday, February 19
The family tree of humans. Jaume Bertranpetit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 

Wednesday, March 19 
The first inhabitants of the Earth. Carles Pedros-Alió, Institute of Marine Sciences  (ICM-CSIC)

Further information: Fundació Ciència en Societat

 

Publication date: Thursday, 20 February 2014
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