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PaleoLocator

6.5
education speculative added: Tuesday February 2026 18:11

A mobile application leveraging crowdsourced data and machine learning to help researchers and enthusiasts identify and geolocate unusual fossil finds. Users can submit images and location data of potential fossils, which are then analyzed using AI to determine their species and geological context.

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Android iOS Medium Python

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Scientists hunting mammoth fossils found whales 400 km inland