References
- Discovering fossils:
general information about fossil collecting in the UK - The scientific method:
explored as part of the Museum's Darwin Centre experience
Piltdown man
How does a typical excavation today compare with Dawson and Woodward's work at Piltdown? Click on the picture to explore.
2. In the field | The project manager
Measuring a fossil find
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Over thousands of years different layers of earth build up on the ground. Each layer tells you something about the kind of environment that existed at the time the layer formed.
Whenever we find fossils, we take really detailed measurements of the different layers in the ground and make careful descriptions about what each layer looks like. We can then use this information to work out how long ago the different types of earth were laid down on the ground.' Andy Currant, Museum palaeontologist.
