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Tag Archives: Fossils
Piece-work
Somewhere between dental surgery and sculptural art is the work of the fossil preparator. Fossil preparation is what happens after the challenges of finding and removing specimens from the earth during field work. The field season lasts weeks, while specimen … Continue reading
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Tagged bones, Canadian museum of nature, Fossils, laboratory, natural history
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Field Work
One of my favourite museum quotes is, “museums are organisms that ingest but do not excrete”, and is from noted museum professional Suzanne Keene. The implication is that museums are actively gobbling up specimens to the collection vaults and are … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Canadian museum of nature, Fossils, Minerals, Plants, researcher, taxonomy
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A Needle in the Haystack
Sometimes research is like finding a needle in a haystack. It can be like that for paleontologists. They might know where specific geological formations are. They might understand the Earth history that caused it and have vivid ideas about what … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian museum of nature, Fossils, Ottawa, researcher, taxonomy
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