Response: Randal Keynes
Randal Keynes OBE is a British conservationist and author and a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin. He is the author of the intimate exploration of his famous ancestry, Annie's Box, subtitled Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution which inspired the recent film Creation. He has taken a leading role in the campaign to have Down House, Darwin's former home, designated a World Heritage Site. He is a trustee of the Charles Darwin Trust.
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Plant taxonomist in the Department of Botany at the Natural History Museum in London: Sandy Knapp.
Audience questions and answers
Question Two
If Darwin were alive today, what area of evolutionary science would he be working in, and why?
Question Four
Could the panel list the tools of science that we can use at home to develop the future of biology?
Question Five
Question Six
Would the panel care to comment on the grip that creationism has on the minds of the wider public?
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