Become a fossil hunter and help discover how ecosystems have changed over time. Experience what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens. 

Participants will sort through rock matrix collected from Natural Trap Cave in Wyoming to recover fossil specimens that are approximately 35,000 years old. These specimens support 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 once lived in North America. 

Drop in whenever it is convenient. No commitment is required. All are welcome, so bring your friends.

For more information, contact Katie Slenker at kslenker3@gatech.edu or visit mcguire.gatech.edu.

*Note: Data collected during Fossil Fridays may be included in research publications.