Geosciences Working Group

lecturer: Prof. Dr. Jens Lehmann
Collecting fossils from the glacial drift is an extremely family-friendly way to experience Earth history up close. Especially along the coasts, there are relaxed opportunities for even children to discover fossils almost anywhere. Among the popular classics are the fascinating "devil’s fingers" - belemnoids and the mysterious flint sea-urchins.
But collecting drift fossils offers much more than just fun and adventure on the beach. It opens a unique opportunity to find evidence of the entire history of life since the Cambrian. Thanks to the ice-age glaciers that brought us a variety of different rocks from Scandinavia, we can trace the earth`s historical development in all its diversity.

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