News Jan Douwe explores … On Monday, November 12, shooting for an episode in the series of television programmes entitled, 'Jan Douwe op zoek ....' (Jan Douwe explores ....) was finished. In this particular episode, we have seen what the collection, preparation and conservation/curation of fossils all boils down, triggered mainly by the discovery of Bèr. Ruud Dortangs spoke to Jan Douwe Kroeske about the search for and the collection of fossils in the field, John Jagt outlined what southern Limburg looked like during the Maastrichtian and how we know all this, and Anne Schulp has demonstrated why we think Bèr is so important and how we have determined his place in the phylogenetic tree. Finally, Jan Douwe Kroeske took up the preparation tools himself, and attempted to free one of Bèr's ribs from the limestone and flint matrix. This episode of 'Jan Douwe op zoek ...' was broadcasted by RTL5 Saturday December 8, 7.30 pm (local time). close window | newsarchive