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When finding fossils pays the bills

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Bennett Purser

Jul 14, 2020

How Schuyler Andrulat of South Carolina turned a lifelong hobby of hunting shark teeth into a job.

A secret fossil hunting location near Summerville, South Carolina.

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A subway project is uncovering thousands of ice age fossils

by Ben Bradford

Jul 25, 2019

Construction projects are the main way paleontologists find fossils in California.

A partial bison skull rests in a plaster jacket. Paleontologists discovered the skull in construction of the Los Angeles subway extension.

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