Talk -Darwin’s “beloved barnacles”; solving evolutionary problems with fossils.
November 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Dorset Geologist’s Association Group (DGAG) will host a talk on the Tuesday 18th November 2025.
Title: Darwin’s “beloved barnacles”; solving evolutionary problems with fossils.
Speaker: Professor Andy Gale (University of Portsmouth)
Time: Talk will start at 7pm; finish approximately 8pm
Venue: Activity Meeting Room: Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RR
Lecture Entry Cost: All welcome: £6 non-members (£5 for DGAG members), cash best.
Booking a seat: contact Chris Webb at email: events@dorsetgeologistsassociation.org
Talk Description: This promises to be an interesting and relevant topic for much of our work in geology
Speakers summary: Nearer the date
Photo: Pending a better photo from speaker – extract from Chapter 14 by Andy Gale (Page 293) in book: Fossils of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation – Ed D.M. Martill & S. Etches. 2020.
Additional Links:
- Link to an interesting paper from 2023 ; one of many references
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374613025_Mr_Darwin%27s_Beloved_Barnacles_Using_Cirripedes_to_Understand_Evolution_in_Origin_of_Species