Although this paper involves meteorites, that drones
were "taught" to recognize meteorites using machine
learning suggests that there is the potential that the
same can be done for larger fossils such as vertebrate
remains. The paper is>
Anderson, S., Towner, M., Bland, P., Haikings, C., Volante, W.,
Sansom, E., Devillepoix, H., Shober, P., Hartig, B., Cupak, M.
and Jansen‐Sturgeon, T., 2020. Machine learning for semi‐
automated meteorite recovery. Meteoritics & Planetary
Science. First published: 01 December 2020
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