The “Secret Science Club” is making its bones . . . Join us at the Bell House for more mind-blowing lectures, ever-evolving cocktails, and fossil-friendly sounds!!
Tuesday, July 14 @ 8 pm FREE!
The Secret Science Club presents Evolution Revolution:
Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson—the discoverer of Lucy—lectures on Human Origins
As a species, Homo sapiens is a mere 250,000 years old (give or take). Where did humans come from? How did we evolve? And what were our ancestors like? One fossil find revolutionized the world's thinking about early human origins: In 1974 paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson discovered the bones of Lucy—a 3.2-million-year-old early hominid—in the Afar region of Ethiopia. With about 40 percent of her skeleton intact, Lucy represented a new species, Australopithecus afarensis.
The founding director of the Institute for Human Origins, professor of paleoanthropology at Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and author of the just-published Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins, Dr. Johanson joins the Secret Science Club to discuss his historic find and the latest discoveries in human evolution:
--What kinds of hominid species existed prior to humans?
--When did hominids begin to walk? To develop big brains?
--Have fossil hunters located the common ancestor of humans and chimps?
--Why is Homo sapiens the only hominid species that survives?
Before & After
--Groove to bone-jangling tunes and video
--Stick around for the scintillating Q&A
--Try our cocktail of the night, the “I Love Lucy!”
(Special thanks to the Houston Museum of Natural Science for making Dr. Johanson’s appearance at the Secret Science Club possible.)
The Evolution Revolution edition of the “Secret Science Club” featuring Dr. Donald Johanson meets Tuesday, July 14 at 8 pm @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn, p: 718.643.6510 W: http://thebellhouseny.com Subway: F to 4th Ave; R to 9th St; F or G to Smith/9th FREE! Just bring your smart self. Doors open at 7:30 PM. 21 and over.