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Video screenshot showing a large image of illustrations of five different dinosaur skeletons and small images of three people's faces to the right.

Webinar: Explore How Dinosaurs Moved with Paleontologist Matthew Carrano

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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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Worksheet: Exploring the Cambrian Explosion of Life

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Worksheet: Plesiosaurs and Other Large Marine Reptiles

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Worksheet: Fossil Ammonites

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Worksheet: Archaeology and Archives

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Worksheet: Forgotten Elephants of Deep Time

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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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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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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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Text - Briana Pobiner, Archaeologist under an image of a woman in field work clothes kneeling in a grassy field looking at something

Webinar: Explore Field Science at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya with Briana Pobiner

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Museum Technician Molly Kamph and host Maggy Benson talk during a Zoom video webinar.

Webinar: Neanderthal Mystery

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