Evolution, Environment, Drought, Frost: Insights from Extinct/Living Plants

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

Evolution, Environment, Drought, Frost: Insights from Extinct and Living Plants

7:00–8:30 PM

Jonathan Wilson, Ph.D., Edward Drinker Cope Professor of Environmental Biology at Haverford College

Explore how fossil records of extinct plants are reshaping our current understanding of plant evolution and major events in Earth history, including the collapse of the Carboniferous Period rainforests more than 300 million years ago. Discover what sets plants apart from other multicellular organisms and how mathematical models applied to fossils can provide insight into plants that have been extinct for hundreds of millions of years.

Free of charge | Virtual event (a Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to lecture date)

This virtual lecture is a part of our Third Thursday Lecture series