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Hagerman Fossil Beds Collectio...

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Take a peek behind-the-scenes at Hagerman's collection of Pliocene fossils.

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Clarno Nut Beds Fossils

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Fossils on display in the Clarno Nut Beds exhibit at the Thomas Condon Visitor Center

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Fossils connect us with ancient ecosystems—plants and animals that lived thousands or even billions of years ago. Their lessons of migration, adaptation, and extinction are important today because we live on a changing.

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Paleontology: Field Work

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Paleontologists use science, intuition, cutting-edge technology, and centuries-old techniques to discover and collect fossils in the field.

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Paleontology: Fossil Collectio...

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Museums curators prepare and take care of fossils and their associated information, as well as provide opportunities for scientific study.

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Paleontology: Fossils in Cultu...

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Fossils in Cultural Contexts Fossils are also found in association with ancient humans, historic and prehistoric structures, as well as legends and other stories.

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Paleontology: Fossils In situ

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Fossils are found in many types of rocks across the country.

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Paleontology: Historic

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Fossils have transfixed humans for centuries and have been scientifically collected in and around national parks since the late 1600s!

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Paleontology: Labwork

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For every hour paleontologists spend in the field looking for fossils, they spend many more hours preparing, studying, and describing fossils in the lab.