On the dig

As part of the experience, you work with the technicians and paleontologists at the various excavation sites. It's a lot like slowly digging through dirt . . . except there are dinosaur bones in the dirt.

DINOFREAKINSAURS!!!

October 26th 2006
So, already on this little "trip" of mine I was able to fulfill one childhood dream that I had--seeing the Amazon--but in some brilliant stroke of luck, I've spent the last two days completing my other childhood dream, working on a dinosaur dig! The Centro Paleontològico del Lago Barreales (or Proyecto Dino) is located a little more than an hour to the northwest of Neuquén, in a semi-des ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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