# How Palaeontologists Work

Describe how palaeontologists work in the field and lab: prospecting for exposed fossils, careful excavation with hand tools, plaster jacketing for transport, preparation in the lab, and scientific description and publication

Builds on: Fossilised Dinosaur Dung (soft, https://ai.page/c/fossilised-dinosaur-dung/en.md), Types of Fossils (soft, https://ai.page/c/types-of-fossils/en.md), How Fossils Form (hard, https://ai.page/c/how-fossils-form/en.md), Reading Dinosaur Trackways (soft, https://ai.page/c/reading-dinosaur-trackways/en.md)

Concept id: how-palaeontologists-work. Subject: science. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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