Paleontology: Paleontologists Study Fossils

A single location, the Burgess Shale, in the Canadian Rockies has revealed thousands of fossils that tell a story of an ancient explosion of animal life, called the Cambrian Explosion.  

Dr. Jenny Clack studies a single fossil tetrapod that reveals the details of how the vertebrates could have transitioned from life in the ocean to life on land.

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