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Sorting through microfossil slides
Student sampling one of the lakes, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Out in the mangrove forests, Kwazulu Natal
Out in the field in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Students out in the field, Cape Town, South Africa
Students having a look at one of the displays
Dr Eugene Bergh with students on a trip to the museum
Children exploring excavation boxes during one of the public programmes
Dr Eugene Bergh with students on a trip to the Iziko South African Museum
Before the brief for students
Students mesmerised by the Gaiasphere, a globe display of how the Earth changes through time
Dr Eugene Bergh explaining a concept in one of the displays, while a student is mesmerised by what he sees
Discussing a display about ancient environments at the museum
Associate, Dr Wendy Taylor explaining how meteorite impacts to students
Dr Wendy Taylor with one of the children during one of the public programmes
At one of the displays
Ammonites preserved in Italian limestone
Fossilised ammonite preserved in Italian limestone
Taking GPS coordinates of a water sample
Taking inventory of the samples 
Bonebed at the West Coast Fossil Park where extinct animals and marine mammal fossils have been excavated
WCFP
WCFP
~5 million year old mollusc fossils
Mio-Pliocene outcrop along the west coast of South Africa
Pulmonate gastropods in exposed outcrop
Preserved pulmonate gastropod shells in outcrop
Preekstoel
The Pliomax project in South Africa
Dr Eugene Bergh