An expert on dinosaur fossils will speak at the University of Alabama Thursday night. It’s part of a lecture series on evolution called ALLELE. Emory professor Anthony Martin will talk about what dinosaur fossils can teach us about evolution. He studies what are called trace fossils.
Anthony Martin: “A trace fossil is a track, trail, burrow, or any other evidence of behavior by an animal, or sometimes plants, that are left either on the fossil records or we see today. I can walk outside my door here in Atlanta, for instance, and instantly see traces.”
Martin says the ALLELE series is important for the university as a way of showing good science is being done in the southeast.
Martin: “I think it’s very important for the University of Alabama and other state universities in the southeast to show that very good science is being done at their universities and that they are connecting with the outside world.”
His talk is Thursday, October 2nd at 7:30 pm in the Biology Building Auditorium at the university’s campus in Tuscaloosa.
You can hear a full interview with Martin about dinosaurs, evolution and extinction by clicking the audio above. His most recent book is “Dinosaurs Without Bones: Revealing Dinosaurs’ Lives Through Their Trace Fossils.” The University of Alabama News has more about the talk.