Massimo Polidoro presents “The Mystery of Human Origins”

Name: Massimo Polidoro presents “The Mystery of Human Origins”
Start: 2026-07-04T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-04T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Palazzo Elena Pietracaprina

Description

Opening the 2026 edition of “Author Evenings and Afternoons” will be Massimo Polidoro, Saturday July 4th at 6:00 PM at the Multipurpose Hall of Palazzo E.Pietracaprina, where the author and science communicator will present “The Mystery of Human Origins“.

Massimo Polidoro, in his book, explores the fundamental stages of human evolution. The work, published by Feltrinelli Editore, combines history, genetics and paleoanthropology 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 spell. 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 question of all: where do we come from? It is a curiosity that transcends cultures, epochs and continents and has produced mythologies, philosophical speculations and, much later, scientific attempts to reconstruct the past. While on one hand the desire for knowledge led to such questions, others instead sought to ignore the answer, even among scientists. Investigating the origin of mankind meant risking putting into question the fundamental beliefs on which the world, society and even the idea of oneself were 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 Graziella Frasca Gallo and Sergio Badino.

The meeting with Massimo Polidoro at Borghetto Santo Spirito doubles at 9:30 PM at Teatro nel Borgo, at the Arena Cinema Vittoria. Learn more

The book presentation series Author Evenings & Afternoons, will continue on July 14th with Serena Bortone, July 18th with Telmo Pievani, August 10th with Cristina Rava, August 18th with Raffaella Romagnolo, August 24th with Margherita Oggero and conclude on September 5th with Pacifico.

Admission is free, seating is limited. No reservation required.

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Massimo Polidoro, journalist, writer, university professor and science communicator, is the author of over sixty books and more than a thousand articles published in Focus and numerous international publications. Author, host and consultant for numerous television programs, he was a regular presence on Superquark alongside Piero Angela and is today on Noos with Alberto Angela. Known for his scientific investigations into alleged mysteries, he co-founded CICAP (Italian Committee for the Control of Claims on Pseudosciences). He taught Psychology of the Unusual at the University of Milan and today teaches Science Communication at the Polytechnic of Milan and the University of Padua. He carries out a very lively dissemination activity, followed by over 500,000 followers on various platforms (especially Youtube and Instagram), which he accompanies with a series of successful podcasts and many other projects. Highly active as a speaker, at the theater he has brought Io, Leonardo da Vinci and The Mystery of Darwin. For his dissemination work, an asteroid has been named after him, “Polidoro193818”, and he has been transformed multiple times into a character in comics, on Topolino, Lupo Alberto and Martin Mystère.