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Prehistoric Road Trip

There’s Something Fishy in Montana’s Fossil Deposits

Emily Graslie works with Dr. Eileen Grogan to look for fossil fish in Montana – and that’s no easy task. Dr. Grogan shares her most memorable fossil-hunting moment when she happened upon an ancient shark fossil. Emily also gets to experience what ancient shark liver oil smells like.

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Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts
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Join Emily as discovers surprising truths hidden in the fossil record.
We Dig Dinosaurs
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Cruise into the Cretaceous, when astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet.
Welcome to Fossil Country
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Travel through billions of years of history to meet some of the earliest life forms.
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