We break from our usual format this episode to bring you several short stories told by paleontologists at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting, which has gone virtual this year. Some of these stories focus on a particular fossil or site and what it tells us about life through time, but several are more about how fossils inspire us and led us to careers in paleontology.
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