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Lecture Series Explores Lucy's Lasting Impact:

Oct 16, 2008, 7 pm, Pacific Science Center, Eames Auditorium

Mark Collard, "From Lucy to Lactose: The Evolution of Human Adaptation”

How humans have evolved and adapted to a changing world from the emergence of the hominid lineage to the present day.

Nov 13, 2008, 7 pm, Pacific Science Center, Eames Auditorium

Katherine Taylor, "Looking Through Time: How modern methods are shedding new light on old bones”

How advancements in the science of forensic anthropology inform the study of ancient hominids.

Dec 11, 2008, 7 pm, Pacific Science Center, Eames Auditorium

Nancy Odegaard and Vicki Cassman, "Travels with Lucy: or how to pack when you're over 3 million years old”

The conservators who advised the Ethiopian government on the preservation and shipping of Lucy's bones share their insights on the practical and political pitfalls of packing fossils for international travel.

Jan 8, 2009, 7 pm, Pacific Science Center, Eames Auditorium

Patricia Kramer, "Lucy Walks: functional morphology and the evolution of bipedalism”

Kramer will discuss how anthropologists decipher clues from fossils to discover how and why our earliest hominid ancestors walked upright.

Feb 5, 2009, 7 pm, Kane Hall 130, University of Washington

Donald Johanson, "Lucy's Legacy”

The scientist who discovered Lucy in 1974 shares his insights and explores the lessons learned from looking at humanity through the lens of time.


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