paleontologist
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His portrayal of a paleontologist suddenly discovering that the creatures he’s studied in rock and bone have come to life is just masterful.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
But his highest level of fame came from playing a thoughtful paleontologist summoned to an island off Costa Rica full of cloned dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park” in 1993.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
John Long, an Australian paleontologist who has also done extensive research in this field, called the study "quite outstanding."
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Dr Nick Longrich, a paleontologist at the University of Bath, said his hunch was that they were mainly preying on ammonites.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Leakey was an anthropologist and paleontologist who was interested in animals and Early Man.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
The tracks were first spotted by a worker at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire four years ago - with paleontologists soon descending on the site.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
In 2020, paleontologists described Boipeba tayasuensis, a Late Cretaceous blind snake from Brazil.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
Long after the owl, hutia, and possibly even the bees had disappeared, paleontologists uncovered this unusual record preserved in stone.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
Their research expands on decades of investigation by Flinders University paleontologists studying fossils from the famous Gogo Formation in northern Western Australia, as well as collaborations with scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
Watching paleontologists pulling things out of the ground—mostly worms—isn’t A-list entertainment.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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