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The Black Hills: My Backyard

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Emily Graslie meets up with geologist Dr. Mark Fahrenbach at Custer State Park in South Dakota – not far from where Emily grew up – to learn about why the upper plains make for such a good place to study geology.

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Join Emily as discovers surprising truths hidden in the fossil record.
Join Emily as discovers surprising truths hidden in the fossil record.
Emily Graslie talks to Kylie Ferguson, who made a surprising discovery as a kid.
Cruise into the Cretaceous, when astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet.
Cruise into the Cretaceous, when astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet.
The soil in North Dakota has clues from the day the dinosaurs went extinct.
Travel through billions of years of history to meet some of the earliest life forms.
Travel through billions of years of history to meet some of the earliest life forms.
Join Emily Graslie for a summer road trip through the heart of America's dinosaur country.
Emily Graslie and Dr. Eileen Grogan look for fossil fish in Montana.
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Join Emily as discovers surprising truths hidden in the fossil record.
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