Sentences with phrase «present palaeontology»

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«Illicit fossil trade presents a great challenge to modern palaeontology and accounts for a dramatic loss of Mongolian scientific heritage,» says Pascal Godefroit of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels.

Dr Louys returned from the project's latest expedition to East Timor in August and has presented the findings at the Meetings of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology in Texas.

Although scientific innovation is principally driven by trained scientists, research opportunities often present themselves to others — in palaeontology, this can tie into the strong public interest in famous extinct animals such as dinosaurs and mammoths.

In the study, published in the scientific journal «Palaeontology,» Mayr and his colleagues compare these appendages to the bristle - like «beard» found on the chest of present - day turkeys and the spine on the forecrown of the screamers, a primitive family related to the ducks and geese.»