{"id":60305,"date":"2019-10-04T14:08:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=60305"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:34","slug":"carleton-to-host-science-cafe-on-the-evolution-of-land-animals-and-the-paleontology-of-nova-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carleton-to-host-science-cafe-on-the-evolution-of-land-animals-and-the-paleontology-of-nova-scotia\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton to Host Science Caf\u00e9 on the Evolution of Land Animals and the Paleontology of Nova Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton to Host Science Caf\u00e9 on the Evolution of Land Animals and the Paleontology of Nova Scotia\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

As part of Carleton University\u2019s Science Caf\u00e9<\/a> series, Hillary Maddin, professor in the Department of Earth Sciences<\/a>, will present Paleontology of Nova Scotia: The Evolution of Early Land Animals<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.
\nWhere<\/strong>: Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa
\nInfo<\/strong>: This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The invasion of land by vertebrate animals \u2013 creatures with backbones \u2013 was a turning point in the evolutionary history of life on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the fossil record of this great event is patchy at best. However, Nova Scotia is one of the only places on the globe to shed light on this pivotal time. There, the world\u2019s first reptiles and ancestors of our own lineage evolved and established the current patterns of animal diversity we see today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this presentation, Maddin will discuss historical fossils and the many new discoveries made by her team over the past five years of field expeditions exploring the record of the Carboniferous period of Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Science Caf\u00e9 series is organized by the Faculty of Science<\/a> at Carleton University to discuss relevant issues facing our society and how science can help solve real-world problems. Meet some of Carleton\u2019s award-winning faculty members and graduate students as they share their excitement about science with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of Carleton University\u2019s Science Caf\u00e9 series, Hillary Maddin, professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, will present Paleontology of Nova Scotia: The Evolution of Early Land Animals. When: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. Where: Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa Info: This event is free and open to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":60306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[120,104,121],"class_list":["post-60305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-earth-sciences","tag-science","tag-science-cafe"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63826,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60305\/revisions\/63826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}