Saturday Speaker Series — Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State
Schedule
Sat Nov 09 2024 at 10:30 am
Location
Redmond Historical Society | Redmond, WA
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Please note this is an in person program. A recording will be available for one month following the event.No matter where you wander in Washington, you are never very far from the past and the evidence of the plants and animals that came before. You can find trilobites near the Idaho border, primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau, exquisite flowers in Republic, giant bird tracks near Bellingham, and curious bear-like beasts on the Olympic Peninsula. With abundant and well-exposed rock layers, Washington has fossils dating from Ice Age mammals only 12,000 years old back to marine invertebrates more than 500 million years old.
Join co-author David B. Williams as he discusses this amazing array of past life, which is featured in Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils in Washington State. David will provide the background on what inspired him and co-author Dr. Elizabeth Nesbitt to write the first book ever on fossils in the state, why they chose the fossils they did, and some of the new science that has allowed paleontologists to tease out the 500-million-year long story of life in this region. In addition, he will highlight several of the fossils profiled in the book.
Speaker Bio:
David B. Williams is an author, naturalist, and tour guide whose award-winning book, Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound is a deep exploration of the stories of this beautiful waterway. He is also the author of the award-winning book Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography, as well as Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City, and Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State (co-authored with Liz Nesbitt). Williams also writes a free weekly newsletter, The Street Smart Naturalist.
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Where is it happening?
Redmond Historical Society, 8525 163rd Ct NE, Redmond, WA 98052-8702, United States,Redmond, WashingtonEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
