paleontologist

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

"I never would have imagined I'd come across such a spectacular discovery in the region where I live," said Milan-based paleontologist Cristiano Dal Sasso.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

University of California, Berkeley paleontologist Juan Liu examined the Weberian apparatus in a newly described fossil fish and used its anatomy to update the timeline for how freshwater fish evolved.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

At the moment, Chiappe, May and paleontologist Pedro Mocho are locked in an intense discussion about the precise positioning of an ulna.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

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