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The hundreds of thousands of people who visit each year get to see the actual scientific discoveries take place. Through the windows at the world famous "fish bowl" laboratory inside the museum, people of all ages can see the scientists clean, examine, restore, and catalogue the fossils that are still being found in the asphalt.
By using tools such as dental picks, toothbrushes, and cotton swabs, and solvents to help soften and dissolve the asphalt, scientists clean and identify the fossils recovered. After the fossils are catalogued, they are moved into storage so that they can be easily found for later examination and study. Through this process, scientists piece together the questions and puzzles that still remain about the last great Ice Age.
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