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Library will host lecture on area’s prehistoric animals and plants in July

| 12 Jun 2012 | 03:15
    Photo courtesy of Masood Kamandy Dr. Guy Robinson of Fordham University, who has studied fossils of the Black Dirt region for many years, will lecture on Warwick's prehistoric animals and plants on July 11 at the Albert Wisner Public Library.
    Photo courtesy of Masood Kamandy Dr. Guy Robinson of Fordham University, who has studied fossils of the Black Dirt region for many years, will lecture on Warwick's prehistoric animals and plants on July 11 at the Albert Wisner Public Library.

WARWICK — On Wednesday, July 11, at 6:30 p.m.. the Albert Wisner Public Library will host Dr. Guy Robinson of Fordham University for his lecture “From the Black Dirt to the World: Solving the Problem of Prehistoric Extinctions.”

Robinson, a paleoecologist at Fordham University, has spent many years studying the fossils of the area and the environment of the Pleistocene era. Specializing in the study of fossil plant pollens, he is helping piece together clues about the disappearance of the Mastodons and other large prehistoric animals and what this means for the challenges facing us today.

The program open to Warwick school district adults, teens and attentive children ages 10 and up with a parent; those residing outside of the school district may register after July 1 as space allows.

Register at www.albertwisnerlibrary.org or call 986-1047 ext .3.

A companion exhibit, “Prehistoric Lands: The Warwick Valley Before Humans,” featuring locally found fossils, will be showing in the library’s local history room throughout the summer.