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Plenty of people are surviving who once did not, or are having children when once they would have stayed celibate, and medicine can now offer treatment for many with damaged genes that can then be passed on. Many people are worried about what this might do to future generations. Professor Steve Jones, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Genetics, Evolution and Environment, will argue that everything we know about the process of evolution tells us that - at least in the developed world, and at least for the time being - human evolution has slowed down or stopped.

Other lectures that will run this autumn include:

• The zen of running - Dr Alan Latham (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Geography) - Tuesday 21 October 2008
• Darwin, microbes and the increase in chronic inflammatory diseases - Professor Graham Rook (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for Infectious Diseases) -Tuesday 28 October 2008
• Do we need a British bill of rights and a written constitution? - Professor Richard Bellamy (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Political Science) - Thursday 13 November 2008
• From 'grey goo' to nanomedicine: self-assembling nanostructures - Professor Thomas Rademacher (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Infection and Immunity) - Thursday 27 November 2008
• Earthquake vulnerability: An engineer's perspective - Dr Tiziana Rossetto (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Engineering)- Tuesday 2 December 2008

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Lunch Hour Lectures are free and open to all. The full list of lectures for autumn 2008 can be found at .

Notes for Editors

1. Admission is free without a ticket, no need to book. However, entry is on a first-come first-served basis.

2. Lectures are held in the Darwin Lecture Theatre, University College London, Gower Street (entrance via Malet Place), London WC1E 6BT. Lectures run from 1.15 pm to 1.55 pm.

3. The full listing of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Lunch Hour Lectures for autumn 2008 can be found at .

4. Journalists seeking more information can contact Jenny Gimpel in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Media Relations Office on tel: +44 (0)20 7679 9726, mobile: +44 (0)7747 565 056, out of hours +44 (0)7917 271 364, e-mail: j.gimpel@ucl.ac.uk.