"The Legacy of the Mastodon: The Golden Age of Fossils in America"

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: The Academy of Natural Sciences

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Keith Thomson, professor emeritus of natural history at the University of Oxford and former president of the Academy of Natural Sciences, will recount highlights from his book. The Legacy of the Mastodon tells the story of a great American scientific adventure starring giant extinct mammals and dinosaurs. Prominent Philadelphians such as Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Leidy, Edward Drinker Cope play the central roles, together with the Academy and the American Philosophical Society. Thomson has written more than 200 scientific papers and 12 books. He has served as director of the University Museum at Oxford, director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and dean of Yale University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.