Darwin Day took place in room S102 Tuesday in celebration of Charles Darwin’s birthday, which was on Feb. 12 and hosted by the Anthropology Club.

The beginning of the lecture was an overview of the story of his life, his studies, the expeditions he made around the world and what he discovered in Brazil and in the Andes.

“This is basically a forum on the theories and ideas of evolution, and creationism, and to help people formulate their own ideas, without pressuring anybody,” said Justin Shade, anthropology major.

A famous quote from Charles Darwin is, “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breath by the Creator into a few forms or into one… from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved,” which is stating that even though we evolved it does not state that there is not a god, and the two do not have to conflict with each other.

It was also a lecture on the pros and cons of creationism and evolution.

And how if science moves forward with new ideas, religion must rearrange its beliefs so it there will not be a conflict of the two.

“Evolution is the key to biology and medicine. Nothing in biology make sense without evolution,” said Mark Abbruzzese, anthropology instructor.

After the lecture was an open forum discussion on the beliefs, and a Q&A with the attendants, and the instructors.

The Anthropology Club is pro-Darwin, but also talks about the religious beliefs.