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Seminar – colloquium of the Science, Reason and Faith Group: The origin of man: scientific and theological perspectives Rafael Jordana and Juan Luis Lorda. Pamplona, October 21, 2014. Rafael Jordana is Professor Emeritus at the University of Navarra. He was a Professor by competitive examination of the chairs of Animal Physiology and Applied Zoology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of La Laguna in January 1971. He was Full Professor of Zoology and Comparative Animal Physiology at the University of Navarra from October 1972 until his retirement. Summary of his presentation: I will try to show that all current fossils of the genus Homo can be explained and are consistent with a species that has been evolving for about 2.5 MY until the present, that is, an orthogeneticism in morphological despecialization and cerebral specialization (Intelligence) that I already explained in an article in 1988 (http://www.unav.es/cryf/jordana88.pdf). I will begin the presentation with two controversies between supporters of this position and supporters of multiple species coexisting in time. Juan Luis Lorda is a Priest (1983), Industrial Engineer (1977) and Doctor in Theology (1982). Ordinary Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Navarra. Member of the Research Group Science, Reason and Faith (CRYF). Introductory text for his presentation: “Most stories about humanity begin with the word evolution and with a rather long exposition of it (...). It is actually much more logical to begin by saying: 'In the beginning, an unimaginable power brought about an unimaginable process'. (...) An event is not more or less comprehensible by the time it takes to occur. To a man who does not believe in miracles, a slow miracle will be as incredible as a fast one (...) What ultimately matters is to know the cause of the process. Therefore, anyone who really understands this matter will realize that there has been and always will be a religious question behind it, or at least a philosophical or metaphysical one" (GK Chesterton, The Everlasting Man, I, 1). Full text of his speech: http://www.unav.es/cryf/textolorda14.pdf