Woldegabriel talk explores geology's link to anthropology

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 24, 2004 -- Los Alamos scientist Giday WoldeGabriel will speak at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum at 7 p.m., on Thursday, May 27. The talk is free and open to the public, though seating is limited.

The title of WoldeGabriel's talk is "Treasures in the Desert: The Search for Human Origins and Culture in a Dynamic Geological Environment." The presentation will highlight the geology, the past environment, and the major hominid fossils and associated archaeological records discovered by the joint Los Alamos and the Department of Integrative Biology of the University of California at Berkeley team working in East Africa over the last 12 years on research that was supported primarily by the National Science Foundation with additional funding from the University of California's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Woldegabriel is geology team leader in the Hydrology, Geochemistry and Geology Group of the Laboratory's Earth and Environmental Sciences Division. Although perhaps more widely known for his role in several East African hominid fossil discoveries, his work at the Laboratory focuses on geological characterization of sites within the Nevada Test Site and at the Laboratory as part of the environmental restoration programs. This work is critical to understanding such issues as groundwater resources, waste storage and contaminant migration.

The Bradbury Science Museum is located at 15th Street and Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos. Museum hours apart from special events are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday through Monday. The Bradbury Science Museum is part of Los Alamos' Public Affairs Office. For more information about this and future museum presentations, contact Pat Berger at 665-0896.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the U.S. Department of Energy and works in partnership with NNSA's Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories to support NNSA in its mission.

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