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Geologist Elizabeth Cottrell gestures with her hands while sitting at a table talking to two students.

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Paleobiologist Advait Jukar touches a fossil elephant skull that is on a table next to other fossils.

Forgotten Elephants of Deep Time

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Laura Soul, Maggy Benson and Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour at a table with several bone specimens.

Plesiosaurs and other Large Marine Reptiles

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Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour, Maggy Benson and Molly Kampf seated at a table in a room full of card files and several specimens pictures and tools on the table.

Unlocking Hidden Worlds through Archaeology and Archives

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Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour, Maggy Benson and Dr. Lucy Chang in Q?rius standing behind a table with a number of specimens.

Fossil Ammonites

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Host Maggy Benson and geologist Elizabeth Cottrell laugh after being sprayed with seltzer water on the set of a webcast.

Volcano Geochemistry - Windows to Earth's Interior

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Gabriela Farfan, a woman with long, brown hair and a blue shirt, standing next to a block of quartz crystals slightly taller than she is

What Is a Mineral?

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Illustration of a crossection of a hillside showing horizontal geological layers, some of which have fossils in them.

It's a Date

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
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Diagram of skeleton of a bird-like creature, ichthyornis, with some parts labeled

Dinosaurs Take Flight

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
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Paleontologist and Curator of Dinosauria Matt Carrano and host Maggy Benson talk during a Zoom video webinar

Webinar: Exploring Smithsonian's Dinosaurs

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Webinar: Volcanoes and Pyroclastic Flows

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Pilot whale

Whale Evolution

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