Science Speakeasy | In Search of a Species | Alia Gurtov
Channel: The Leakey Foundation
Date: 2018-10-19

Learn about doing science in extreme conditions in this talk by Alia Gurtov, one of six "underground astronauts" who unearthed over 1,500 fossils from the Rising Star cave in South Africa. This project has been hailed as one of the greatest fossil discoveries of the past century. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alia Gurtov is a paleoanthropologist and a Leakey Foundation grantee. She received a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, an MA from Leiden University in the Netherlands, and a BA in Anthropology from Wellesley College.

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Science Speakeasy is an event series exploring the science behind our everyday lives. Science Speakeasy combines science, storytelling, hands-on experiments, cocktails, and conversation.

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