paleontology
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"It opens exciting new avenues for molecular-level paleontology, allowing us to investigate the evolution of blood, metabolism and even activity levels in ancient animals."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
"Caleb resurrected a statistical technique from a bygone era," said co-author Jacques Gauthier, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Yale and curator-in-charge for vertebrate paleontology at the Peabody Museum.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Someone in the comments section tagged Thompson, who also works as a paleontology adviser for the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
But funding for paleontology remains limited and the research community small, while expeditions into remote areas can be costly.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Dad makes me clean up the fertilizer in the paleontology office.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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