Before the symposium begins, a special free lecture event has been arranged. The lecture will start with the fossil stories from the Cailiao River area in Zuojhen District, Tainan City, and guide everyone in exploring Taiwan's fascinating paleontological knowledge. If you are interested in paleontology, feel free to join us at Cheng Da Bookstore for this event.

Lecture Information:
• Topic: Hometown of Fossils, Paradise of Animals
• Date and Time: Sunday, August 18, 2024, 13:30-15:00
• Location: Cheng Da Bookstore Tainan Branch, open admission
• Invited Speaker: Dr. Chun-Hsiang Chang
(a research fellow in the Geology Section of the National Museum of Natural Science, and an adjunct professor at Taiwan University and Tunghai University)

• Event Details: Located in the Cailiao River area of Zuojhen District, Tainan City, it can be called the original hometown of Taiwan's fossils and a paradise for animals. The rise and fall of sea levels caused by the ice age cycle provided Taiwan with the opportunity to connect with Eurasia, attracting many terrestrial vertebrates. The main members of the "Zuojhen Fauna" include tigers, black bears, rhinoceroses, sabre-toothed elephants, deer, and buffalo, along with Taiwan macaques and golden monkeys, forming a diverse terrestrial ecosystem on Taiwan Island.