BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Visit Borghetto Santo Spirito//Eventi//IT CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:massimo-polidoro-presents-the-mystery-of-human-origins@visitborghetto.i t DTSTAMP:20260709T190902Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260704T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260704T193000 SUMMARY:Massimo Polidoro presents “The Mystery of Human Origins” DESCRIPTION:Opening the 2026 edition of “Author Evenings and Afternoons” wi ll be Massimo Polidoro \, Saturday July 4th at 6:00 PM at the Multipurpose Hall of Palazzo E.Pietracaprina\, where the author and science communicat or will present “ The Mystery of Human Origins “. Massimo Polidoro\, in hi s book\, explores the fundamental stages of human evolution. The work\, pu blished by Feltrinelli Editore\, combines history\, genetics and paleoanth ropology to answer great questions: where do we come from\, who are we and what will be our biological future on the planet. “Darwin broke this spel l. But precisely for this reason he gave us something greater: the freedom to build our own meaning. Not because it was imposed on us\, but because we can choose it . “ Since humans have existed\, so too has the oldest que stion of all: where do we come from? It is a curiosity that transcends cul tures\, epochs and continents and has produced mythologies\, philosophical speculations and\, much later\, scientific attempts to reconstruct the pa st. While on one hand the desire for knowledge led to such questions\, oth ers instead sought to ignore the answer\, even among scientists. Investiga ting the origin of mankind meant risking putting into question the fundame ntal beliefs on which the world\, society and even the idea of oneself wer e founded\, so it could be very dangerous. Knowing where we come from\, in fact\, is not necessarily reassuring\, and for a long time the desire to protect a granite order prevailed over the need to understand. Hosted by G raziella Frasca Gallo and Sergio Badino. The meeting with Massimo Polidoro at Borghetto Santo Spirito doubles at 9:30 PM at Teatro nel Borgo\, at th e Arena Cinema Vittoria. Learn more The book presentation series Author Ev enings & Afternoons \, will continue on July 14th with Serena Bortone \, J uly 18th with Telmo Pievani \, August 10th with Cristina Rava \, August 18 th with Raffaella Romagnolo \, August 24th with Margherita Oggero and conc lude on September 5th with Pacifico. Admission is free\, seating is limite d. No reservation required. —- Massimo Polidoro\, journalist\, writer\, un iversity professor and science communicator\, is the author of over sixty books and more than a thousand articles published in Focus and numerous in ternational publications. Author\, host and consultant for numerous televi sion programs\, he was a regular presence on Superquark alongside Piero An gela and is today on Noos with Alberto Angela. Known for his scientific in vestigations into alleged mysteries\, he co-founded CICAP (Italian Committ ee for the Control of Claims on Pseudosciences). He taught Psychology of t he Unusual at the University of Milan and today teaches Science Communicat ion at the Polytechnic of Milan and the University of Padua. He carries ou t a very lively dissemination activity\, followed by over 500\,000 followe rs on various platforms (especially Youtube and Instagram)\, which he acco mpanies with a series of successful podcasts and many other projects. High ly active as a speaker\, at the theater he has brought Io\, Leonardo da Vi nci and The Mystery of Darwin. For his dissemination work\, an asteroid ha s been named after him\, “Polidoro193818”\, and he has been transformed mu ltiple times into a character in comics\, on Topolino\, Lupo Alberto and M artin Mystère.\n\nhttps://visitborghetto-frontend.pages.dev/eventi/massimo -polidoro-presents-the-mystery-of-human-origins LOCATION:Palazzo Elena Pietracaprina — Piazza della Libertà\, 1 URL:https://visitborghetto-frontend.pages.dev/eventi/massimo-polidoro-prese nts-the-mystery-of-human-origins STATUS:CONFIRMED BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Promemoria: Massimo Polidoro presents “The Mystery of Human Ori gins” TRIGGER:-P1D END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR