Photos: UC Berkeley Campanile fossil collection

The Campanile, also known as Sather Tower, on the UC Berkeley campus.

UC Berkeley student Michele Maybee glues together bone fragments from an ancient camel.

Bones forming a dire wolf’s paw were found in the La Brea Tar Pits.

Students examine the Campanile’s 61-bell carillon.

UC Berkeley graduate student Eric Holt inspects an ancient camel bone reconstructed from fragments glued together. “It’s like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle,” he says.

Patricia Holroyd, a senior museum scientist, displays the spine and rib cage of a dire wolf found in the La Brea Tar Pits in the early 20th century.

Patricia Holroyd shows the jawbones of a 22,000-year-old bison, also from the La Brea Tar Pits.

A dire wolf skull from the La Brea Tar Pits.

The view from the top of UC Berkeley’s 307-foot Campanile.