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The official Twitter account of the UW Astrobiology program.

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You can follow UW paleontologist and UWAB workshop leader Greg Wilson at: @gpwilson11

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Our astrobiological investigation of the K-Pg extinction impact may be over for now, but stay tuned for more updates from UWAB!

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And a special thanks to Dr. Roger Buick, Dr. Greg Wilson, and grad student Tom Tobin for leading the workshop!

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Back on the ground in Seattle! Thanks to everyone in UWAB who made this possible!

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It's an early morning for the workshop as we head home to Seattle!

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Here's a view from the floor of the valley we were digging in on Day 3

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UWAB grad student Chantz Thomas uncovered this fragmented bone near a new microfossil collection site

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And then Tom followed it up with a potential Triceratops skull!

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UWAB grad student (and experienced fossil hunter) Tom Tobin found this long bone sticking out of the hillside

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The hotel's been found, the vehicles are clean, and UWAB's expedition is on to dinner!

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Here's a Triceratops toe found by Brett Morris on Monday. It's easy to appreciate the scale next to Brett's boot!

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A partially-jacketed Triceratops bone found by a UW expedition sits in a bed of sandstone.

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UWAB grad student Brett Morris found this theropod tooth today. Hand injuries were common this week!

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Our team trekked back from the dig site in the mid-afternoon. We'll be Tweeting more pictures of our finds tonight!

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UWAB student Wolf Clifton found this fossilized claw on a hillside in our main prospecting zone

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UWAB graduate student Tom Tobin prospects for fossils high on a hillside

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Here's another small fragment of bone. Thousands of these pieces covered the ground near today's dig sites.

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A piece of dinosaur bone sits atop a rock near a recent UW dig site

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Dr. Wilson describes a recent find from above the location of its prior extraction.

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Surveying the bluffs in the distance -- site of our last day of prospecting