Highbridge school's sixth form hosts call from expert on International Darwin Day
Highbridge’s King Alfred School Academy has hosted a call from a global expert to mark International Darwin Day. The school’s Sixth Form Human Evolution Society hosted a talk with Dr Andrew Macrae, a Professor of Environmental Microbiology at the University of Rio de Janeiro. He discussed Darwin’s visit to Brazil in 1832 and his research into evolutionary biology. It was followed up with a quiz and a talk by Head of Sixth Form Jonathan Gaskell discussing the oldest human skeleton ever found, known as ‘Ardi’, dating back 4.4 million years. Student Grace Huggins hosted the event which...
Source: burnham-on-sea.com