"Welcome back to another Fossil Friday, where we're on our last episode of our journey through the history of life. But fear not, because there will be more Fossil Fridays to come. Last week we stopped off at about 50,000 years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, commonly called the Ice Age, which was about one second before midnight on our clock of geologic time. This week we've finally caught up to the modern day, the Holocene Epoch, which is essentially midnight on our clock. This skull behind me belongs to a green sea turtle, just one of the many amazing creatures we get to lay our eyes on today. And we'd like to keep it that way. Until recently, the green sea turtle has been considered an endangered species, but it was just removed from that list thanks to, you guessed it, active conservation efforts. Green sea turtles are just one of many success stories among endangered animals that show that when we make small changes to how our society operates to accommodate other species, we can prevent human-driven extinctions. If there's anything you should pull from this series, it's that we're the new kids on the block, and this planet certainly does not belong to us alone. We share it with trillions of other individuals, and we should act that way. I mean, imagine if your brand new roommate just started absolutely trashing the apartment you've lived in for years, right? Dinosaurs and Brachypods and Mastodons and all of the extinct animals are really awesome, but so are the animals we have today. I think it's the least we can do to share this beautiful planet with everyone else who lives here, huh? This specimen would make a great teaching tool for yourself or your classroom to learn about modern endangered animals and conservation success stories. So be sure to check out this specimen and all the others from the Paleontological Research Institution's digital collections at this link or the link in our bio. And as always, come back again next week for another very Fossiliferous Friday. We may be done with our walk through the history of life, but our weekly Fossil Friday episodes are far from done. Make sure to keep tuning in every week as we continue to explore and learn about the past to make a difference in the present."