Life at Middle Age Earth's
Who: Andrew H. Knoll, Fisher Professor of Natural History, Harvard University
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Winner of the Paleontological Society Medal (2005)
Author of the bestselling book Life on a Young Planet
(2003, Princeton University Press)
What: "Life at Middle Age: Reconstructing Organisms and Environments in Mid-Proterozoic Oceans"
When: Thursday, Nov. 3, at 2pm
Where: 201 Braunstein Hall at the University of Cincinnati
How much: Nothing! It's free.
Knoll is well known for his research on the early evolution of life on earth, based on the evidence of the fossil and geological record.
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The lecture is presented by the UC chapter of Sigma Xi and the UC Department of Geology.
Knoll on Mars
A special exhibit entitled "Origins" is open currently at the Cincinnati Museum Center, produced by Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology under Knoll's direction. Knoll will speak again on Nov. 3 at Cincinnati Museum Center at 7:30 pm on the topic "Was Mars Ever a Biological Planet?"
Both lectures are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact
David Meyer, professor of geology
david.meyer@uc.edu
(513)556-4530
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