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Promoting evolution: the brand new Hellenic Evolutionary Society (HEVOS)

Herein we present the recently founded Hellenic Evolutionary Society (HEVOS) that has been recently instituted to promote evolution and scientific thinking among the Greek-speaking public. HEVOS is a timely initiative, given the low levels of acceptance of evolution by Greek society and the almost c...

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Autores principales: Abatzopoulos, Theodore J., Giokas, Sinos, Pafilis, Panayiotis, Poulakakis, Nikos, Sfenthourakis, Spyros, Zouros, Eleftherios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6717379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31489280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40709-019-0098-6
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Sumario:Herein we present the recently founded Hellenic Evolutionary Society (HEVOS) that has been recently instituted to promote evolution and scientific thinking among the Greek-speaking public. HEVOS is a timely initiative, given the low levels of acceptance of evolution by Greek society and the almost complete lack of evolution teaching in primary and secondary education in Greece. Herein, the main aims of the Society are presented.