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Dr. Wilkerson will examine the history of geology in film. You will watch selected film clips to learn how the science of geology has developed over the last 117 years alongside a changing American society. Dr. Wilkerson is a geologist and renaissance man with interests in economic geology, mining and mineral development history, military vehicle restoration, archaeology of the Old Testament, and yoga. Dr. Wilkerson received hisB.A.in geology at the University of California at Santa Barbara and his doctorate in geologic science at the University of Texas, El Paso. He has multi-cultural work experience in geology, economic analysis and environmental management including tours of duty at 3 universities,6 mining companies, and 2 government agencies since 1974. He has managed or investigated projects in all western United States, Canada, Mexico, Chili and Honduras.

Dr. Robert Yohe speaks to us a little about mummification in ancient Egypt and elsewhere, and about his research in Egypt where human mummies ranging in age from over 3,000 to 1,500 years old have been recovered Dr. Yohe received his Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from California State University, San Bernardino and his Master's degree and Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside Dr. Yohe is currently Professor and Program Director of Anthropology & Director of the Laboratory of Archaeological Sciences at California State University, Bakersfield and Associate Director of the Egyptian Tell El-Hibeh Archaeological Project with UC Berkeley.

Dr. Rathburn is a paleontologist who conducts research on tiny fossils from the seafloor. These microfossils, called “foraminifera” tell us about how the environment and climate has changed through time. Foraminifera have been around for at least 500 million years (long before dinosaurs appeared on Earth), and these single-celled creatures are still very abundant in all depths of modern oceans.