paleontology
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How quickly marine ecosystems recovered after this disaster has been one of the most hotly debated questions in paleontology.
From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 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
This summer, Austin Hendy, an assistant curator at the Natural History Museum who specializes in invertebrate paleontology, spent hours sifting and sorting through thousands of fossilized shells found in the shell bed.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
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
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