{"id":71446,"date":"2022-05-05T15:44:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=71446"},"modified":"2022-05-20T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:19:31","slug":"permian-monsters-lecture-series-we-ate-dinosaurs","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/permian-monsters-lecture-series-we-ate-dinosaurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Permian Monsters Lecture Series: We Ate Dinosaurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Life<\/p>\n

Getting to Know Your Synapsid Ancestors<\/h2>\n

Before the dinosaurs, the dominant forms of life on land were the synapsids, a group also known as “proto-mammals.” This talk will introduce you to some of the strangest and most ferocious synapsids, and detail how these unusual creatures evolved into mammals like ourselves.<\/p>\n

This lecture is recommended for all ages.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $10\/person, per lecture. Add an exhibition ticket and receive $5 off admission to Life Before Dinosaurs: The Permian Monsters<\/a><\/strong>. Exhibition open 5\u20137pm. Lecture begins at 7pm.<\/p>\n

BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/h3>\n

With media support from WUNC, North Carolina Public Radio.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Gorynchus\"<\/p>\n

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\"Dr.<\/p>\n

About our speaker<\/h3>\n

Dr. Christian F. Kammerer<\/strong>
\nNC Museum of Natural Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n

Christian Kammerer is NCMNS Research Curator of Paleontology. His research focuses on the origins of mammals and the life of the Permian and Triassic periods.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE LECTURE SERIES<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Enjoy a series of scientific talks on the diversity of the Permian period and factors that led to the mass extinction. Each month, we will feature a presentation from a renowned scientist (7\u20138pm) and an evening viewing of the special exhibition Life Before Dinosaurs: The Permian Monsters<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(open 5\u20137pm). Other lecture dates:<\/p>\n

June 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Rewiring the Biosphere: Ecosystem collapse and recovery after the Permian Mass Extinction<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Dr. Peter Roopnarine, California Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

July 21:<\/strong> Pathologies of the Paleozoic<\/a>
\nDr. Megan Whitney, Harvard University<\/p>\n

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