Walking through the city you see all sorts; ammonites, nautiluses and a rostroconch. They are not only nice to see but also very useful. Jelle: “To learn something about where the current biodiversity comes from, you can also look at fossils. They tell so much about nature and the species. There have been several mass extinctions over the years. Always due to natural disasters such as volcanism and now we are actually in the sixth wave of extinction. It is caused by humans. Humans are also an animal species, so you could say, that is also a natural cause. Anyway, the whole field of paleontology explains how today’s biodiversity originated but also explains that it is all very fragile.”
Crawling and head bowed through the city: On a fossil hunt!
