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Prehistoric Road Trip

The Black Hills: My Backyard

Emily Graslie meets up with geologist Dr. Mark Fahrenbach at Custer State Park in South Dakota – not far from where Emily grew up – to learn about why the upper plains make for such a good place to study geology.

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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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