Jan. 22, 2010
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| Entomologist Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor and vice chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology, is interviewed for the Life After People series, to air Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 on the History Channel. This interview took place Oct. 30, 2009 at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) |
DAVIS--Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, will appear on the History Channel on Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 as part of the Life After People series.
She was interviewed for “The Last Supper” segment, to air Tuesday night, Jan. 26 and for the “Home Wrecked Home” segment, to air Tuesday night, Feb. 2. (See local listings for the time).
Also appearing on the Jan. 26 segment from UC Davis will be Paul Gepts, professor of agronomy and range science, Department of Plant Sciences. The Feb. 2 segment will include UC Davis associate professor of genetics Leslie Lyons, the Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine.
The Web site provides this information about the series:
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LIFE AFTER PEOPLE: The Series begins in the moments after people disappear. As each day, month, and year passes, the fate of a particular environment, city or theme is disclosed. Special effects, combined with interviews from top experts in the fields of engineering, botany, biology, geology, and archeology provide an unforgettable visual journey through the ultimately hypothetical.
As modern metropolises like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington DC are ravaged by nature; the series exposes the surprising insights about how they function today. Basing this futuristic world on the surprising history of real locations, already abandoned by man, like a century-old shack in the arctic and an abandoned island that was once the most densely populated place on earth are featured in the series.
In every episode, viewers will witness the epic destruction of iconic structures and buildings, from the Sears Tower, Astrodome, and Chrysler Building to the Sistine Chapel - - allowing viewers to learn how they were built and why they were so significant. Big Ben will stop ticking within days; the International Space Station will plummet to earth within a few short years, while historic objects, like the Declaration of Independence and the mummified remains of King Tutankhamen will remain for decades.
The series will also explore the creatures that might take our place. With humans gone, animals will inherit the places where we once lived. Elephants that escape from the LA zoo will thrive in a region once dominated by their ancestors, the wooly mammoth. Alligators will move into sub-tropical cities like Houston - feeding off household pets. Tens of thousands of hogs, domesticated for food, will flourish. In a world without people, new stories of predators, survival and evolution will emerge.
Humans won't be around forever, and now we can see in detail, for the very first time, the world that will be left behind in Life After People: The Series.
“The Last Supper” segment is described as:
The fate of man's world of food. Destructive forces turn supermarkets into breeding grounds for insects and rodents. Some foods last forever. Da Vinci's The Last Supper suffers due to an unusual paint ingredient. Some of man's agricultural staples succumb, while a surprising plant thrives. Exquisite restaurants atop of Taipei 101, the second tallest building in the world, collapse.
Bohart Museum
The Bohart Museum, located in 1124 Academic Surge, was founded in 1946 by the late Richard M. Bohart, former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology. Dedicated to teaching, research and service, the museum houses more than seven million insect specimens and has the seventh largest insect collection in North America. The museum also includes live insects such as Madagascar hissing cockroaches, walking sticks and walking leaves in the "petting zoo."
For more information on the Bohart Museum, visiting hours, and guided tours, contact public outreach coordinator Tabatha Yang at (530) 752-0493 or tabyang@ucdavis.edu. |
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--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
