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- noun Plural form of
palaeontologist .
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A lot of palaeontologists are excited at the moment because we appear to be really punctual for this one. on April 18, 2010 at 10: 09 am MPS Probie
Leaders TV Debate – Law & Order Summary SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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At the moment that looks like we will have two small palaeontologists on our hands, judging by the dinosaur factor.
Sarah Brown: 'I know in my bones we can win this fight to save the world's mothers' 2011
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The animal, most likely an adult triceratops, was not the last dinosaur standing, but the last survivor of their impressive reign to be identified by palaeontologists.
'Last dinosaur' fossil adds weight to theory that asteroid wiped out creatures 2011
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"Suppose one of our palaeontologists found the remains of a million-year-old human," said archaeologist Mike Pitts of the Stonehenge Riverside Project.
Burial law is threatening archaeological research, say experts Robin McKie 2010
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Since then palaeontologists have largely taken it as the starting point for bird life.
Archaeopteryx regains its perch on the bird family tree 2011
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If you were playing palaeontologists, you would be allowed Edward Drinker Cope, but I doubt many outside that field would agree with the tag “celebrity”.
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"Some palaeontologists, inlcuding myself, thought that this is exactly what the common ancestor to Old World monkeys and apes would look like, based on resemblances between Miocene fossil Old World monkeys and apes, whereas others thought they would be shorter snouted and more round-headed like modern gibbons."
Ape ancestors brought to life by fossil skull of 'Saadanius' primate 2010
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Many palaeontologists now believe that dinosaurs 'horns were often more for sexual display and fighting off other members of the same species, much like rutting deer.
Horniest dinosaur ever discovered ? Kosmoceratops ? found in Utah 2010
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Not only did it show rugged palaeontologists at work, and explain how they knew things, it also showed animators slaving over hot computers to bring the dinosaurs back to life ...
Walking with Kurtzhaus: Part 1 zornhau 2008
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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.
Harry Whittington obituary Richard Fortey 2010
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