"Rise and Reign of the Mammals"

The Museum of York County presents a series of seminars that focus on the region's 600-million-year geologic history. "Carolina Piedmont through Time" is a trio of seminars led by Dr. Steve Fields, Ph.D., the museum's curator of natural history. The seminar on March 20, "Rise and Reign of the Mammals," explores the times when South Carolina was more like South America and the Eastern U.S. was like East Africa! From humble beginnings, mammals came to dominate the world left by dinosaurs. Fossils of giant armadillos, mastodons, lions and others tell the story and lead us to the end of the Ice Ages and a mysterious mass extinction.