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Highway Workers Turn Archaeologists On Big Fossil Hunt
Washington AP reports highway crews salvage fossils while building routes across states. From Pecos County Texas to Cleveland Ohio, crews unearthed dinosaur tracks, Indian mounds, and Devonian fossils. The Bureau of Public Roads funds and guides salvage, with museums and universities partnering on projects dating to 1956 and totaling about 51.4 million dollars, including 12 million federal aid. Museums like Cleveland Natural Science Museum led digs, yielding thousands of specimens and prompting years of analysis.
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