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Digitizing the vast 'dark data' in museum fossil collections

  • Written by Charles Marshall, Professor of Paleontology and Director of the University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
With a lot not on display, museums may not even know all that's in their vast holdings.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

The great museums of the world harbor a secret: They’re home to millions upon millions of natural history specimens that almost never see the light of day. They lie hidden from public view, typically housed behind or above the public...

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