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Why India’s Fossil Wealth Has Remained Hidden

by Carolyn Wells January 17, 2022October 19, 2022

“There’s a pretty good correlation between a country’s GDP and fossil discoveries, and that’s largely because a field like paleontology requires a lot of funding, patronage, and world-class museums with fossil preparation labs and storage facilities, which developing countries often do not have, says Jukar.”

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

Did One Young Scientist Discover the Paleontology Pot of Gold?

by Aaron Gilbreath April 30, 2019October 19, 2022

Answers to some of paleontology’s most frustrating questions might lay in the dirt in North Dakota, but can the scientist who discovered them be believed?

Posted inEditor's Pick

Baring the Bones of the Lost Country: The Last Paleontologist in Venezuela

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 27, 2019October 19, 2022

In light of recent events in crisis-ridden Venezuela, its last vertebrate paleontologist puts together key pieces of the baffling puzzle that the country has become in the past couple of decades.

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, profile, Science & Nature, Story

Baring the Bones of the Lost Country: The Last Paleontologist in Venezuela

by Zoe Valery February 27, 2019October 19, 2022

In light of recent events in crisis-ridden Venezuela, its last vertebrate paleontologist puts together key pieces of the baffling puzzle that the country has become in the past couple of decades.

Posted inQuotes, Science & Nature

Who Needs Jurassic Park When We Have Liaoning, China

by michelleweber April 20, 2018October 19, 2022

Liaoning’s wealth of fossils is helping paleontologists better understand dinosaurs’ relationship to birds — and making China a paleontology hot spot, for better or worse.

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