Thousands of perfectly preserved fossils, which recorded life conditions 52 to 20 million years ago, are found in the Phosphate caves of the newly designated Causses du Quercy UNESCO Global Geopark. This area is a true “natural evolution laboratory”, lacated in the southwest of France. Children come to the geopark to study the fossils through a participatory science education programme, Graines de paléontologues ("paleontologists seeds"). Causses du Quercy is one of eight new UNESCO Global Geopark designated this year.
