Denver Museum of Nature & Science

• Scientists Add Camel to List of Ice Age Animals
• Museum Crews to Return in May
• Museum Unveils Mastodon Specimens at the Capitol
• The Paleontology Certification Program
• Crews Pull More Than 100 Bones From Dig Site
• Ice Age Site Yields Five Mastodon Pelvises, Plus Two Tusks, Two Skulls
• Bone Count Reaches 546 at Ice Age Dig Site
• Museum Uncovers Mastodons of all Ages
• Today marks halfway point in seven-week dig
• National Geographic Follows Ice Age Dig
• Team Finds Evidence of Ice Age Horse
• Museum Finds Record Number of Fossils at Ice Age Site
• 27 Experts Dig into Science, Bone Count Tops 4,000
• Ice Age Site Yields 4,517 Bones from 20 Different Animals
• Museum Concludes Ice Age Fossil Excavation
• Science Updates and Landscape Paintings of the Dig Site
• Giant Bison on Display
• National Geographic and NOVA feature Ice Age fossil find in early 2012
• Museum Announces Plans for Digging Snowmastodon Book
• Snowmastodon Science Continues

The Paleontology Certification Program

There are 107 trained volunteers working at the Snowmastodon Project dig site this summer.  So, how did they get the skills necessary to dig up Ice Age fossils? The Denver Museum of Nature & Science offers an internationally recognized program called the Paleontology Certification Program, which gives amateur scientists an opportunity to professionalize their skills. The program educates students in the principles of paleontology and geology, including the origin and evolution of life, classification of fossils, and formation of rocks, as well as in the ethics and methods of paleontological lab work, fieldwork, and research.

Depending on your specialization, you may work in the Museum's state-of-the-art earth sciences lab or in the field, where teams of staff and volunteers collaborate to conduct cutting-edge research on dinosaurs and other prehistoric life. Many program graduates have undertaken their own primary research and have published their results in scientific journals.

For more information on how to enroll, contact the Museum's Adult Programs Office at 303.370.6303 or PaleoCert@dmns.org.

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  The Paleontology Certification Program

  May 20, 2011
  There are 107 trained volunteers working at the Snowmastodon Project dig site this summer.  So, how did they get the skills necessary to dig up Ice Age fossils?

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