Darwin Day at SIUC

Darwin Day at SIUC

Charles R. Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, a birth date he shares with Abraham Lincoln. Darwin's work has had a profound and ongoing effect on our views of humankind's place in nature, and it forms the very core of biological science. Or, as the late geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky put it, "Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution." We, like many other universities, are using Darwin's birthday as an occasion to educate the public, as well as to celebrate his legacy.