Museum visit: Museum of Zoology, University of Malaya As a follow up to the talk on "Fossil orangutan and other prehistoric mammals of Peninsular Malaysia" by Lim Tze Tshen on 6 September 2014 (details here:  http://on.fb.me/1l95A0A ), we will be organising a visit to the UM Museum of Zoology to check out some teeth, some fossils and much more! The Museum is usually closed on weekends, but the very nice people there has agreed to give us a guided tour. Tze Tshen will be on hand to show us around too. Places are limited, please reserve your seat by registration with wongpuimay@hotmail.com. All are welcome, but priority will be given to those who attended the talk on 6 September.  The actual tour won't take so long, but additional time is allocated in case anyone wants to take a closer look at the exhibits. Here's a map to the Museum:  http://museumzoology.um.edu.my/?modul=Visitor_Info

Date: 6th September 2014 (Saturday) Time: 2.30 P.M Location: Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) Auditorium Click on this link for the map:  http://bit.ly/1vG5rmn Registration: Please reserve your seat by registration with isapiyan@hotmail.com. Non-members are welcome. As a follow up to this talk, a visit to the UM Museum of Zoology will be organised on 20th September 2014. More details here:  http://on.fb.me/1mKQ8mP Synopsis: We have animal fossils here in Peninsular Malaysia??? Strange as it seems to be but this is one of the most common responses we get from the general public when asked about fossil finds in our country. Recent studies on local limestone caves have revealed a rich diversity of mammal fossils rarely reported from Peninsular Malaysia. Many a time, such studies were initiated by mere casual walks into some inconspicuous caves hardly promising at first glance to any potential fossil hunter. A great majority of the animal remains belonged to species that are still living in