What does a Paleontologist do? Paleontologists help us understand the history of life on Earth. By studying fossils and other evidence left behind by ancient organisms, they can reconstruct the evolutionary processes that led to the diversity of life we see today. This information can provide insig...
Jason Anderson, vertebrate paleontologist and anatomist at the University of Calgary (Canada), shared these two intriguing photos with me, and agreed for me to share them with you. Yay, thanks Jason! Good timing for a badly needed Mystery Dissection post: What are they (species ID) *AND* f...
Although it was made in the ’90s, Richard Linklater’sDazed and Confuseddoes an incredible job of capturing the zeitgeist of a different era — the 1970s. Taking place over the course of one adrenaline-fueled night in a small Texas town at the start of summer, the film passes the narrat...
In what ways did early paleontologist shape are modern methods of fossil extractions and analysis? According to developmental biology, what is compaction? What does compaction induce? How common is caffey disease? What causes to the bones to become over...
For dinosaurs, the Sedgwick Museum across the street (also free; also classic and awesome) is the place to go but this corner does a good job fighting for the scientific conclusion that birds are dinosaurs. And now a change of pace. On to the special exhibit! A nice surprise to see ...
When scientists first uncovered these fossils in 1843, they didn’t know what to make of them. Initially, they described the organism as a cone-bearing plant in 1859. “It was a very strange and odd thing when people found it,”Kirk Johnson, a...
The compass-effect of living only towards what you love is undeniable. Still, I think it’s relatively rare in humans. Until people have kids, anyway. After that they’re usually hopelessly in love and they know where the compass is pointing. But even then, it means their energies are no...
Paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them. Tomorrowland (2015) More like this >> Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius ...
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense...
a millennial a Millennial? A: A conflation of ability and actual accomplishment combined with a gross overestimation of ability.) There was an author phase (I was going to write the nextHardy Boys), a scientist (paleontologist) phase, a doctor phase. Lots of short phases, followed by a ...