PSW2390: Earth’s Earliest Life Written in Stone

Reconstructing Earth Life's Deep History and What It Suggests About Life Elsewhere in the Universe

The lecture will focus on the early evolution of life, Earth’s environmental history, and, especially, the interconnections between the two. The speaker's research combines extensive fieldwork, paleontological discovery, and geochemical analysis aimed at understanding the history of oxygen in the atmosphere and oceans. Andrew H. Knoll
Fisher Professor of Natural History and
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard University

Abstract and author bio (http://www.philsoc.org/2018Spring/2390abstract.html)

Note: There is NO onsite parking - metro (red line) is the best option.