Sentences with word «paleobotany»

«The peach is an important part of human history, and it's important to understand how it became what it is today,» said Peter Wilf, a professor of paleobotany at Penn State and co-author of the article.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences» paleobotany collection contains approximately 1600 specimens.

Although that claim later proved false — subsequent Near Eastern finds of wheat date back even earlier — it was the first recorded instance of serious paleobotany.

The finding also helps resolve an ongoing debate in the field of paleobotany on the origin of the Rhamnaceae plant family.

My studies included genetics, the domestication of crops, systematics, evolution, phylogenetics, as well as incorporating paleobotany, archeology, and even some atmospheric science (it helps to understand weather, if you're going to study crops).

The film opens with male paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and female specialist in paleobotany Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) traveling to Jurassic Park to see investor and billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), along with mathematician Ian Malcom (a saucy Jeff Goldblum), and a few characters that you don't really remember because they die early.

Laura Dern, from the first time I saw her in Jurassic Park (in which she inspired me to want to pursue paleobotany for some time after the release) to her erratic performance in Citizen Ruth, she is up for any role thrown her way.

Her principal research interests are in paleoclimatology and paleobotany.