Episode Synopsis "Amber 101"

Welcome to a crash course on amber!  We answer crucial amber questions such as where does it come from?  What's the difference between amber and copal?  And can it preserve DNA??  And stay tuned next time cause we'll look at the Dominican Amber in all its golden glory.

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• Naracoorte Caves: Australia's Megafauna
• Jehol Biota: The Mesozoic Pompeii (Part 2)
• Jehol Biota: The Mesozoic Pompeii (Part 1)
• Dominican Amber: The Forgotten Island Forest
• Amber 101
• Posidonia Shale: Giant Crinoids and Mother Ichthyosaurs
• Beecher's Trilobite Bed
• Introduction to Fossil Bonanza