The Burke Museum
Presents: Lucy Talks
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General Public will receive $5 off the entire lecture
series, but ONLY if the tickets are purchased on site at
the Pacific Science Center Box office prior to the first
lecture. (no refunds will be issued for this package after
the first lecture has begun). Burke Members and students
with valid ID can purchase tickets online or on site for a
discounted rate but must present valid Membership card or
ID when picking up the tickets at will call.
Oct 16, 2008, 7 p.m.
- Eames Theater, Pacific Science Center
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Dr. Mark Collard - "From Lucy to Lactose: The Evolution of
Human Adaptation" - Dr. Collard will discuss how humans
have evolved and adapted to a changing world from the
emergence of the hominid lineage to the present day.
Dr. Collard (Canada Research Chair in Human Evolutionary
Studies, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) is
conducting research on a number of topics in evolutionary
anthropology. Among these are the identification of species
in the hominid fossil record, the reconstruction of fossil
hominid and non-human primate relationships, and the
estimation of body mass, stature and age from skeletal
material.
Nov 13, 2008, 7 p.m.
- Eames Theater, Pacific Science Center
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Dr. Katherine Taylor - "Looking Through Time: How modern
methods are shedding new light on old bones" - As a
forensic anthropologist with the King County Medical
Examiner Office, Dr. Taylor has assisted in thousands of
investigations by using the latest technology to decipher
clues from human remains. Dr. Taylor will discuss how
advancements in the science of forensic anthropology inform
the study of ancient hominids.
Dec 11, 2008, 7 p.m.
- Eames Theater, Pacific Science Center
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Drs. 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.
Dr. Nancy Odegaard studied at the Smithsonian's
Anthropology Conservation Laboratory and worked at Harvard
University prior to joining the faculty of the University
in 1983 she currently directs programs for the Conservation
laboratory at the Arizona State Museum.
Vicki Cassman, (Ph.D. Arizona State University 1997 in
Anthropology) is Director of Undergraduate Studies in the
Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware.
She is a 1985 graduate of the Winterthur/University of
Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Before returning to
the University of Delaware in Fall 2006.
Jan 8, 2009, 7 p.m.
- Eames Theater, Pacific Science Center
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Dr. Patricia Kramer - "Lucy Walks: functional morphology
and the evolution of bipedalism" - Dr. Kramer will discuss
how anthropologists decipher clues from fossils to discover
how and why our earliest hominid ancestors walked upright.
Dr. Kramer is a Research Assistant Professor of
Anthropology at the University of Washington, and Adjunct
Curator of Archaeology, Burke Museum.
Feb 5, 2009, 7 p.m.
- Kane Hall 130, University of Washington
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Dr. 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. Although the 20th century has been peppered
with important early-human fossil finds, it was Johanson's
discovery of a 3.2-million-year-old fossil in Ethiopia that
added a crucial link. Lucy has prompted major revisions in
our understanding of the human evolutionary past and
continues to serve as an important touchstone for all
subsequent discoveries.
Since earning his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in
1974, Johanson's career has taken him all over the world to
undertake field explorations in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Egypt,
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, and most recently,
Iran. Johanson is currently the director of Arizona State
University's Institute of Human Origins, which he founded
in 1981. This Institute brings together scientists from
diverse disciplines to conduct, interpret and publicize
scientific research on human evolution.
"Understanding who we are is not just
a matter of idle curiosity. It is a matter of survival for
our own species as well as for the millions of other
species with who we share Earth. For without clearer
understanding of who we are, we fall far short of the kind
of future we would want for ourselves and for our
children." - Dr.
Donald Johanson
Lucy Talks is presented in partnership with Pacific Science Center, where Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures Of Ethiopia is on exhibit from Oct. 4, 2008 - March 8, 2009.