{"686899":{"#nid":"686899","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Fossil Friday","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ECome join the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mcguire.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpatial Ecology and Paleontology Lab\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E each week for Fossil Fridays!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBecome a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EYou will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old fossil specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EYou are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. 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