Becoming a fossil is harder than it seems. Conditions have to be just right for a fossil to be preserved.
When a dinosaur died, sediment would quickly cover the body to protect it from scavengers and oxygen
that would cause the bones to decay. Over millions of years minerals (silica or iron) percolate through the soil in water and into the cells of the organism – thus making a fossil.
Here you will find an extensive collection of foss ...
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Radiometric dating is a process used to date rocks and fossils after they are found. Willard F. Libby was one of the first men to understand and discover this process. He won the Nobel Prize in 1960 f ...
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The Naranjo Museum of Natural History here in Lufkin, TX will be hosting an Artifact Identification Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, February 17th & 18th. Saturday will be 10am-5pm and Sunday 1pm-5 ...
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[video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="http://naranjomuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/naranjo.mp4"][/video] Meet Homo naledi, the most recently discovered member of the hum ...
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| Age 3 & under | Free |
| Age 4 to 18 | $5.00 |
| Adults | $8.00 |
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