Regular Monthly Meeting September 10

September 10 Meeting Informaton

From Bison antiquus to Bison bison

SPEAKER: Ryan Breslawski

Talk description: Bison antiquus is one of few Pleistocene megafauna species in North American to leave modern descendants. We know that Pleistocene bison were larger than their counterparts today, and converging lines of evidence now suggest that they behaved differently as well. While changing climates and plant communities played a role in this evolutionary path, these animals also had to adapt to a fundamentally human landscape, and people almost certainly influenced their recent evolution.

Bio: Ryan is a zooarchaeologist at AR Consultants, Inc. in Richardson, where he analyzes archaeological animal remains from northeastern Texas. He earned his BS from the University of Utah, MS from Utah State University, and PhD from Southern Methodist University, all in anthropology. His research focuses on the paleoecology of North American mammals during the late Quaternary, especially as it relates to the human past. He has worked on Pleistocene and Holocene sites across the Intermountain West and eastern Prairies.

ZOOM information:

 We will stream the meeting on Zoom at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83096250920. If the link does not work, start Zoom and enter the meeting ID  of 830 9625 0920, then wait for the host to let you into the meeting.

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