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2009-2008

News Release

REF NO.: 199

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DATE: August 21, 2009

               A master storyteller and one of the world’s leading paleontologists working on early life will give a free public lecture on Wednesday, Aug. 26.
              Dr. Martin Brasier, a professor of Palaeobiology with the University of Oxford and an adjunct professor with ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s Department of Earth Sciences, will delve deep into the dark ages of the Precambrian to explore Darwin's lost world, interweaving engaging accounts of cutting-edge science with colourful and amusing anecdotes of his expeditions.
             Dr. Brasier’s lecture will take place Aug. 26, at 1 p.m. in the S. J. Carew (Engineering) Building, EN-1040. All are welcome to attend and there is no admission charge.

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