• Question: Why would you buy another fossil for your collection instead of doing something more creative?

    Asked by booklover09 to James on 7 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by JoJoSiwa.
    • Photo: James Cole

      James Cole answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      Ok that is a good question, I use my fossil casts to go to outreach events like the Big Bang Science Fair. I also use them in all the outreach talks I do. They are a great way for the audience (young and old) to look into the faces of their ancestors and start to learn where they came from. So I think that learning is a tactile thing and it is easier to get to grips with our evolutionary history if you can see and touch the fossils, rather than just looking at picture on a screen.

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