[SEMCO] Nature Screen presents "First Flower"

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
April 11, 
2018 
Teresa Izzo
   508-896-3867 ext. 137
tizzo at ccmnh.org
NATURE SCREEN
at
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
A PBS NOVA Documentary Film
“First Flower”


BREWSTER, MA ­The Cape Cod Museum of Natural 
History in Brewster presents PBS’   documentary 
film “First Flower” Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 1pm.

  Although flowers have long been at the center 
of human life, the question of how flowers 
evolved has long baffled scientists. But now a 
tantalizing fossil that bloomed during the reign 
of the dinosaurs has surfaced in China. In a 
story blooming with beauty and scientific 
mystery, this program explores the incredible 
truth that lays behind the ravishing flowers we 
so love to behold: that humans could not have existed or evolved without them.

  "First Flower" probes the controversial 
discovery of Archaefructus, a Chinese fossil 
scientists believe is the earliest evidence of a 
flower yet found on Earth. Following the trail of 
clues to the fossil's origins, an intrepid group 
of botanists and paleobotanists reveal how that 
"abominable mystery" is starting to move towards a solution.

  This vivid journey takes NOVA's cameras deep 
into the lush wilds of China’s stunning lost 
world of the remote Hengduan Mountains, giving 
audiences a view into a spectacular living safety 
deposit box, where some of the world's most 
beloved flowers originated.  Flowers have always 
ignited passion, and NOVA captures in glorious 
images how they are continuing to inspire new scientific discoveries today.

Free with Museum Admission
For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133


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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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