The speaker at our January 2021 meeting via Zoom will be Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron from the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Dr. Caron studies the Burgess Shale, the Cambrian Explosion, and the origin of animals. The title of his program is “New discoveries at the Burgess Shale”.  Join us via Zoom on Friday Night!

Here’s a link to his page at ROM: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/collections-research/rom-staff/jean-bernard-caron

Here’s a link to a short video on YouTube narrated by Dr. Caron about the Burgess Shale animal called Hallucigenia.