Fossils & Evolution
Monthly Archive: December Foss
Learning science through Hip Hop: Interview with Baba Brinkman
![Baba Brickman](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/event_brinnkman.jpg?itok=fo04QUrr)
Baba Brinkman’s music draws on both the art of rap and, the relevance of natural selection today.
Keaton Smith's ROM Inspiration
![Keaton Smith posing in front of a dinosaur at the ROM Keaton Smith at the ROM © Deborah Smith](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/keaton-arseneau.jpg?itok=lJ7kwnA7)
This is a guest blog post by Keaton Smith, published by Jesika Arseneau...
Fossil-finding Tour at Evergreen Brick Works
![Don Valley lookout from which you can see the whole north slope of sediments (and the downtown skyline). Group stands with Toronto skyline in Background](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/kseymour_img_3297.jpg?itok=tBbdenbo)
In July, ROM Assistant Curator Dr. Kevin Seymour offered an enthusiastic group of 25 ROM members a guided tour of the famous fossil site at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto’s Don Valley. Beautiful weather was the order of the day (after days of rain), giving all participants an enjoyable if somewhat muddy outing.
Grandson visits ROM specimens named after his grandfather
![ROM Assistant Curator Dr. Kevin Seymour (left) holding the specimens, with Neal Finn, proud grandson Kevin Seymour and Neal Finn's in the collection room.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/kseymour_finn.jpg?itok=a4tFxaxv)
Neal and Bonnie Finn from Edmonton, Alberta, visited the ROM to see a fossil specimen named after Neal's granfather in 1925.
New Research from the Burgess Shale: Thorny worms that swarmed in the Cambrian seas
![Hallucigenia sparsa (ROM 61513). Nearly complete specimen, head to the right. Approximate specimen length = 14 mm. Walcott Quarry. Fossilized Hallucigenia sparsa.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/hallucigenia-sparsa.jpg?itok=bz8XJJkP)
Hallucigenia sparsa is no ordinary animal. This poster child of the Burgess Shale biota is the ultimate weirdo!
The Blueprint of Life - DNA & YOU
![Christine using a multichannel to put Hidi in the sequencing plates](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/dna_thumbnail1_1_of_1.jpg?itok=DpnfU-E5)
Christine Black, a volunteer in the ROM's DNA lab shares her experience and encourages you to join her at this months Curators Corner DNA & YOU!