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years. It is estimated that the museum has more than 5,000 archeological pieces. The museum has exhibits related to the formation of the continents, the emergence of land animals and the formation of marine animals. In addition, the museum has exhibits related to the migration and evolution of the animals that inhabited
Guatemala. Also in the museum there are short annotations of the findings made by Roberto Woolfolk. The museum also has relics found in the archaeological site of the tomb of
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Guatemala after the archeological discoveries by the German Karl Theodor Sapper. One of the people who promoted the idea of the creation of the museum were David Vela and the director of the Museum of
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Eastern Guatemala. Among the collection of fossils are the remains of armadillos, prehistoric horses, toxodonts, capybaras, sloths and mastodons. The animal remains are skeletons dating back 150,000
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