paleontology

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"Direct dating of fossils is a paleontologist's dream," says study co-author Lindsay Zanno, associate research professor at North Carolina State University and head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Conducting advanced molecular research in Africa on African fossils represents an important move toward transforming and decolonizing the field of paleontology.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2025

“It’s frustrating when you work in paleontology and you feel like it’s not effective science communication, and I wish I’d done a bit better.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

The Natural History Museum hasn’t announced plans to display the fossils found under the school but already has a marine paleontology section on display called L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

It would be hard to think of a more overlooked person in the history of paleontology than Mary Anning, but in fact there was one who came painfully close.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson