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| Shell rings on Daws Island, located in Port Royal Sound, Beaufort County, South Carolina (photo courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources) |
Undeniable: Humankind as a Force of Nature (CLP)
March 27, 2012 4:30-5:30
Pitts Room, 2nd floor Duke Library
Dr. Patrick McMillan, a professional naturalist as well as host and writer of the award-winning ETV nature program “Expeditions with Patrick McMillan,” will present a lecture and slide show documenting humans as a constant, integral part of nature and change. His presentation will provide historic, exotic, and local examples such as the Carolina Piedmont forests and the shell rings of the Carolina coast. Dr. McMillan’s lecture will be given in conjuction with the “Diversity Endangered” exhibition hosted by the Decorative and Fine Arts Collection and Special Collections and Archives. The exhibition is a natural history exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution with a grant from the National Science Foundation.
We hope to see you there!