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SUMMARY:Conservation Palaeobiology:  utilising the fossil record to addres
 s the current biodiversity crisis - Dr. Alex Liu (Department of Earth Scie
 nces\, University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Natalie Forrest
DESCRIPTION:Earth is currently experiencing a biodiversity crisis\, in lar
 ge part driven by a combination of anthropogenic activities and environmen
 tal change. The relative evolutionary severity of this crisis is difficult
  to determine\, but has been suggested to represent a 'Sixth Mass Extincti
 on'. But is such a claim is valid? This talk will explore several aspects 
 of the modern and geological records of biodiversity in an attempt to answ
 er this question. How do we compare evolutionary turnovers separated by mi
 llions of years and operating on vastly different timescales? How complete
  are modern and fossil diversity datasets? And is there anything we can le
 arn from the fossil record that could assist efforts to minimise or even r
 everse modern biodiversity decline?
LOCATION: Harker 1\, Department of Earth Sciences\, Downing Street
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