"Life in Kansas City 300 Million of Years Ago," by Richard J. Gentile, Ph.D.
Channel: kcdigitalvideo
Date: 2015-10-13

Life in Downtown Kansas City Million Years Ago.

Big Muddy Speakers Series (Kansas City) hosted by 
Healthy Rivers Partnership (http://www.healthyriverspartnership.com/),
Lakeside Nature Center (http://www.lakesidenaturecenter.org/), and
RiverRelief (http://www.riverrelief.org/) 
at the Westport Coffeehouse Theater (http://www.westportcoffeehouse.com)
- Tuesday, July 28th, 2015.

Dr. Richard Gentile takes us for a peek beneath the surface
and back in time to help us comprehend the geologic forces
that determined the destiny of Kansas City: the effect
geology had on the Cities development, and our lives today.

Illustrations by John Babcock 
(http://www.babcockillustrationanddesign.com)

Millions of summers ago, Kansas City was beachfront property:
oceans, rain forests, palm trees and giant ferns. Not to mention
a strange array of giant creatures — mastodons, mammoths,
grizzly-sized sloths — stomping through town. Cruise even further
back in time – oh, say 300 million more years, and the area was a
shallow sea teeming with aquatic life. Now, fast forward to the
start of summer of 2015, when the geology of Kansas City is
hidden by a forest of buildings and rivers of concrete and
asphalt.

Videography by Kansas City Digital Video.

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