The first first fossils!
The discovery of the first Precambrian fossils was one of the most important advancements in paleontology - join us as we dig into this story in Harvard University's paleobotany collections!
This was part of the We Create Edu spring collaboration. We Create Edu is an incredible community of educational YouTubers, and we all got together to make videos on the theme of firsts. Check out the playlist if you want to see more:
• WeCollaborateEDU: "Firsts"
Many thanks to Dr. Andrew Knoll, the Harvard University Herbaria, the Harvard University Archives, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience & C. K. Leith Library of Geology and Geophysics.
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