paleontology

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Gol’din hopes to help avert a repeat of the catastrophes that befell paleontology during World War II, when bombs and fire destroyed countless fossils in museums from Munich to Milan and Kyiv.

From Science Magazine

Fiorillo began his search for dinosaurs in Alaska more than 20 years ago, when he received “a modest amount of funding” from the National Park Service to do a basic paleontology survey at Aniakchak.

From Washington Post

He discovered his first fossil — a small opalescent ammonite — in Somerset, in southwest England, when he was 12, which ignited a passion for paleontology and led to his getting a Ph.D. in the subject.

From New York Times

Lessem was a science writer for The Boston Globe when he was assigned a story about some colorful characters shaking up the paleontology world.

From Seattle Times

“Being able to reconstruct how multiple skeletons disarticulated in conjunction with the environment they are buried in would bring aspects of modern forensic and crime-scene analysis to paleontology.”

From Scientific American