Wonders of Paleontology

To examine a display click on the thumbnail illustration beside each heading. To visit a new display you must return to this part of the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum (HVNHM) lobby. To see a different wing of the Museum, click on the Doorway (left) to return to the main lobby. Enjoy your tour. If you have time following your tour please fill in our visitor survey as you exit the museum.



Trace Fossils
Footprints, Burrows, Borings, Markings...
Cambrian Explosion
Life in the Fast Lane
Gigantism
Size Does Matter!
Biostratigraphy
Setting The Record Straight
Mars Attacks!
The Search For Life On the Red Planet
Complexity Theory
Impact of Spontaneous Self-Organization
on Organic Evolution
Isotope Paleobiology
and Paleoecology