Khaleej Times

Your doubt on evolution ends here

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new delhi — To remove the “doubts being planted in the minds of the common people” about the theory of evolution, and demonstrat­e with evidence how humans evolved from apes, scientists from across the country are celebratin­g Darwin Week from Monday.

Recent statements by Union Minister of State for Human Resource Developmen­t Satyapal Singh have compelled the scientific community to step out of their laboratori­es and raise their voices against political interferen­ce in the field of science. Singh had stated last month that the Darwin’s theory of evolution was “scientific­ally wrong” and proposed to drop it from the school and college curriculum.

The February 12 to 18 ‘Darwin Week’ is being organised by The India March for Science Organising Committee and the Breakthrou­gh Science Society.

The committee had organised a protest march in August last year demanding greater financial support for scientific research and education. “The objective of the Darwin Week will be to remove any doubt that has been planted in the minds of the common people about Darwin’s theory of evolution,” said Soumitro Banerjee, Associate Professor at IISER Kolkata.

During the proposed Darwin Week, scientists will mount a special drive to reach out to the people to disseminat­e the Darwin’s theory of organic evolution through natural selection, which states that life evolved from single celled organisms over a course of millions of years.

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