Others can be found in younger deposits, but those have been put there by geological processes and are actually much older, said Tyler Lyson, a palaeontologist at Yale University. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The accuracy of Einstein's theories of relativity, Crick and Watson's double helix structure of DNA and plate tectonics were all revealed this way, though no scientist would admit these discoveries are the last word, as the palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould once pointed out: "In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent'," he admitted. ❋ Unknown (2011)
A new fossil bird has been discovered in China, named Confuciusornis feducciai after the well-known palaeontologist. ❋ Unknown (2009)
If you get the chance, read about the work palaeontologist Charles Dolittle Walcott did in the Burgess Shale at what is now Yoho National Park: Walcott and his team placed explosive charges into select portions of the Shale to loosen rock for fossil collecting, and they backed off for lunch after setting it off to wait for any slides to subside. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I know several scientists, my wife included, who really detest being described as “boffins” by the tabloids, and who point out that “dinosaur scientist” uses more letters, more space and is less accurate, than “palaeontologist” ❋ Unknown (2010)
A palaeontologist/geologist will be joining the Jewels of the Arctic trip, which visits Spitsbergen, Greenland and Iceland, to share his knowledge of volcanoes, fjords and rocks. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Henry is a polymath: an erudite palaeontologist as well as author, editor and science-fiction buff. ❋ Maxine (2009)
"This was probably one of the most powerful predators ever found," said Olivier Lambert, a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in Paris, who led the study. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In his book Future Eaters, the palaeontologist and biologist Tim Flannery writes of the growing realisation of the unique way nature works in Australia. ❋ Jillian Burt (2010)
Other attractions are historian Alison Weir, Virginia Ironside on discovering that "being 60 wasn't a curse but a blessing" (her book is called "No! I don't want toJoin a Bookclub"), Simon Hoggart on the Tony Blair years, Michael Billington (of the Guardian) on British theatre since 1945, and palaeontologist Richard Fortey, emeritusof the Natural History Museum and here talking about the institution's history. ❋ Maxine (2008)
The 30s was not agood time for employment for a young palaeontologist, but in 1938 Harry secured a Commonwealth fellowship to Yale University and established contacts with north American palaeontologists that would serve him well. ❋ Richard Fortey (2010)
I doubt that critics pondered realism when reviewing a romantic farce about an heiress, a palaeontologist and two errant leopards. ❋ Unknown (2010)
On August 23rd the palaeontologist and biologist Tim Flannery will be speaking. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Although there were some who felt that Gould had cashed in on decades of hard labour by Harry and his colleagues, Gould was whole-hearted in his admiration for the patient palaeontologist. ❋ Richard Fortey (2010)
• Harry Blackmore Whittington, palaeontologist, born 24 March 1916; died 20 June 2010 ❋ Richard Fortey (2010)
