Wednesday Nite @ the Lab
The Grazer/Grassland Grapple: Paleontological and geological arguments over the evolution of the Western Plains- Deborah Rook, Geology
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Time
7 p.m.
Location
Description
The talk will focus on the evolutionary history of grazers and grasslands in North America. In the fossil record, we see increases in both grazers and grasslands at similar times- and there seems to be a nice feedback loop with both groups becoming more derived and looking more like they do today. The question of which came first still looms, however, and no one looking at the fossil record has bothered to look at the rock surrounding the fossils... Live videostream at biotech.wisc.edu/webcams.
Cost
Free
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