Prehistoric Predators: Using the Past to Inform our Future
Larisa DeSantis, Ph.D. gives the 51st Hefner Lecture on predators of the Pleistocene (Ice Age) era
The Hefner Museum of Natural History at Miami University hosts an annual lecture in Natural History/ Zoology, followed by a reception at the Hefner Museum on the Miami Campus. This is a great opportunity for nature and zoology enthusiats of all ages to find out about cutting edge reserach in the field.
The 51st Hefner Lecture lecture will be given by Larisa DeSantis, Ph.D. Dr. DeSantis will draw on her extensive research of both fossilized Pleistocene (Ice Age) and modern megafauna–from sabertooth cats to cougars, polar bears to coyotes–to present an all-ages public lecture titled “Prehistoric Predators: Using the Past to Inform our Future.” Dr. DeSantis’ lab studies prehistoric ecology and its impact on extinction and evolution as a way to interpret the present and to predict what the future will bring. Her work on fossils from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles and in Australia provides insight into the pressures predators and other large mammals face during times of rapid climate change.
Larisa DeSantis, Ph.D. gives the 51st Hefner Lecture on predators of the Pleistocene (Ice Age) era
The Hefner Museum of Natural History at Miami University hosts an annual lecture in Natural History/ Zoology, followed by a reception at the Hefner Museum on the Miami Campus. This is a great opportunity for nature and zoology enthusiats of all ages to find out about cutting edge reserach in the field.
The 51st Hefner Lecture lecture will be given by Larisa DeSantis, Ph.D. Dr. DeSantis will draw on her extensive research of both fossilized Pleistocene (Ice Age) and modern megafauna–from sabertooth cats to cougars, polar bears to coyotes–to present an all-ages public lecture titled “Prehistoric Predators: Using the Past to Inform our Future.” Dr. DeSantis’ lab studies prehistoric ecology and its impact on extinction and evolution as a way to interpret the present and to predict what the future will bring. Her work on fossils from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles and in Australia provides insight into the pressures predators and other large mammals face during times of rapid climate change.