The dinosaur-bird transition is the hottest topic in dinosaur paleontology.
Quotes about paleontology (6 Quotes)
Darwin (1859) recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories in particular.
It is a part of that business that the public is not aware of for the most part. It's detrimental to paleontology.
This money will help with the first phase of a planned natural history museum, ... Big Bone Lick is recognized as the birthplace of American vertebrate paleontology. This investment in the park is a perfect complement to our vision to make Kentucky's state parks the best in the nation.
If we have a protein sequence from bone, we can tell if the material is an original part of the organism that will provide interesting information about its past. We can know where it came from. Our goal is to use a variety of technologies new to paleontology to develop a deeper understanding of prehistoric life - and everyone dreams of embellishing our understanding of dinosaurs.
The impact of the magazine was very strong. As I said, it portrayed dinosaurs as part of the geological history, part of the story of life on earth. It struck that paleontology was the career for me.