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paleontologist

[pey-lee-uhn-tol-uh-jist, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ li ənˈtɒl ə dʒɪst, ˌpæl i- /


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One of the most famous discoveries came in 2005, when paleontologist Mary Schweitzer and colleagues reported soft tissue structures inside a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil.

From Science Daily • May 14, 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

A Chapman University spokesman said it is “looking into” the emails of John “Jack” Horner, a paleontologist whose exchanges in the federal documents show he visited Epstein’s New Mexico ranch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

If you’re a paleontologist, you probably know this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Richard Owen, the paleontologist who hovered over England’s natural historians like a patrician falcon, descended from the Royal College of Surgeons, to verify and catalog Darwin’s fossil skeletons.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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