SOCIAL: Ice Age Bay Area Lecture TOMORROW NIGHT!

[adrian cotter]

Not sure if I'll be able to make this, but just a warning -- showing  
up early is a good idea.

Not quite as bad as the long now talks, but if you show up on the late  
side you might not have a seat.

-adrian

On Feb 2, 2009, at 18:28, Amandeep Jawa <deep at deeptrouble.com> wrote:

> Ok -
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> I've been meaning to go to one of these lectures for 1000 years and  
> have failed (they are in outer mongolia!) but tomorrow I will really  
> give it a big try!  Why? MAMMOTHS dammit!
>
> http://www.askascientistsf.com/
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> Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 7:00 pm
> Topic: Ice Age Bay Area
> The hamburger joint on my corner has been there forever...or has  
> it?? Set your time machine back to the most recent ice age,  
> 10-20,000 years ago, and you'll find yourself in a San Francisco you  
> would scarcely recognize. You might think you'd been transported to  
> the African plains, a grassy landscape teeming with mammoths,  
> mastadons, saber-toothed cats, camels, llamas, and lions. Our  
> familiar local geography would be unrecognizable as well. While much  
> ocean water was locked away in ice masses to the north, lower sea  
> levels exposed miles of land off of our current coastline, and the  
> Bay Area had no bay — in its place was a vast, lush valley with a ma 
> ssive river running through it. Join us on a trip backwards in time  
> with the Oakland Museum's Douglas Long at the helm. Tonight's event  
> is presented in collaboration with KQED's QUEST Science and Environm 
> ent Series. We'll start the evening by watching QUEST's "Ice Age Bay 
>  Area" video.
>
> Speaker: Douglas Long; Chief Curator, Department of Natural Sciences,
> Oakland Museum of California
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> Location: Axis Cafe, 1201 8th Street (btw. 16th & Irwin) San Francisco
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