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Fossils

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Walking With Primates

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Swimming Proto-Birds?

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Much Ado About Chicxulub

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No Time for Protohadros

Carlos Jaramillo (top row, third from the right), a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, co-organized the team that discovered the largest snake in world history.

Discovering the Titanoboa

As part of a multi-organizational team, Smithsonian scientist Carlos Jaramillo uncovered the fossils of a gigantic snake

Fossil prospector Ron Frithiof (with a mosasaur from his collections) was sued over a T. rex that he uncovered.  "This whole experience," he says, "has been a disaster."

The Dinosaur Fossil Wars

Across the American West, legal battles over dinosaur fossils are on the rise as amateur prospectors make major finds

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Commercial Collectors and the Plight of Paleontology

In paleontology, “amateur” can be a dirty word

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