#  HMNH Evolution Matters Lecture Series with Javier Ortega-Hernández 

 



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 **October 14, 2020** 

 06:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **Online (Registration information below)**  



 

 



 

 **[Wonderful Cambrian Beasts](https://hmnh.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/lecture-series/evolution-matters-lecture-series)**

 **Javier Ortega-Hernández, Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology**

   ![Cambrian Fossil](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb/files/wonderfulcambrianbeasts.jpg?itok=pHqAq0mc) 

 

Earth is home to a vast diversity of organisms that collectively define the modern biosphere. How did this diversity come to be? Javier Ortega-Hernández will discuss his approach to answering this question by studying organisms that lived more than half a billion years ago in the Cambrian Period (541–485 million years ago). By focusing on the earliest-known animals—some of the most versatile to ever exist—Ortega-Hernández aims to reconstruct the early evolutionary history of major animal groups and contribute to our understanding of Earth’s biodiversity. The *Evolution Matters Lecture Series* is supported by a generous gift from Drs. Herman and Joan Suit.

 To register visit the [HMNH events page](https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/wonderful-cambrian-beasts).



 

 



 

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