Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Meet Norman the Asian elephant, and one of the star specimens at the Cole Museum of Zoology, here at the University of Reading.

Norman is just one of the museums 3,000 skeletons, preserved specimens and fossils which are helping our students, researchers and academics unlock insights into evolution, climate and the Earth’s ancient past to help us better understand our present day.

Learn more about how the University of Reading's museums, collections, and archives are playing a big part in research innovation both now and for the future at reading.ac.uk/research-campaigns/fossils-to-futures

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