Phrases with «paleontologist»

A paleontologist is a scientist who studies fossils, which are the remains or traces of ancient plants, animals, and other organisms. Full definition

Sentences with «paleontologist»

  • «I'd heard about this hypothesis at various workshops,» says Tyler Lyson, a vertebrate paleontologist at Yale University. (sciencemag.org)
  • During the 2011 and 2012 seasons, a team led by Nancy Stevens, a vertebrate paleontologist at Ohio University in Athens, discovered fossils that it identified as belonging to two previously unknown species of primates: one, an apparent ape ancestor the team has named Rukwapithecus fleaglei; the other, a claimed Old World monkey ancestor dubbed Nsungwepithecus gunnelli. (sciencemag.org)
  • «In 1986, Peter Webb and a team of paleontologists at Ohio State University discovered the remains of an extensive temperate forest that flourished 400 miles from the South Pole 3 million years ago» — Wikipedia (theinconvenientskeptic.com)
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