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Three renowned, fascinating paleontologists are Jack Horner, Paul
Sereno, and Phil Currie.
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Jack Horner
"John 'Jack' Horner is one of the world's foremost paleontologists,
credited with finding the first dinosaur eggs in the Western
Hemisphere, the first evidence of dinosaur colonial nesting, the first
evidence of parental care among dinosaurs, the first dinosaur embryos,
and serving as the inspiration for Paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in
Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park."
Source Harrywalker.com. Brief biography at:
http://www.harrywalker.com/speakers_template.cfm?Spea_ID=577&SubcatID=141
More biographical details at: West.net Jack Horner biography
http://www.west.net/~ger/JackHorner.html
University of Colorado: Jack Horner biography
http://spot.colorado.edu/~gamow/george/1996bio.html
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Paul Sereno
"Paul Sereno is a paleontologist and a professor in the University of
Chicago’s department of organismal biology and anatomy...
Discoverer of new dinosaur species on several continents, Sereno
fuses his mission of scientific research with educational efforts,
engaging his students in the process of discovery by taking them to
the field to search for fossils."
Source: National Geographic - Explorer in Residence. Brief biography
available at:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eir/bio_sereno.html
Also see: University of Chicago biography:
http://dinosaur.uchicago.edu/biography.html
Also see: CNN profile of Paul Sereno
http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/01/11/dinosaur.hunter/
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Phil Currie
"Philip Currie is Curator of Dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrell Museum in
Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. He leads dinosaur expeditions in Canada,
China, and South America. A leading proponent of the dinosaur-bird
link, he earned his Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal. Dr.
Currie has published 10 books and many articles and papers on
dinosaurs."
From earthsky.org. Brief biography available at:
http://www.earthsky.org/edge/profiles/currie.html
Also see: Dinosaur.org Phil Currie biography
http://www.dinosaur.org/bzcurrie.htm
Also see: Time magazine profile of Phil Currie:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1998/int/980706/science.call_him_mr._luc4.html
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The preceding three paleontologists concentrate of dinosaur fossils.
In the area of human fossils (paleoanthropology), two interesting men
are Richard Leakey and Tim White.
Richard Leakey is the son of famed paleontologists Louis and Mary
Leakey. Brief biography at the Leakey Foundation:
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/foundation/f1_4.jsp
More biographical details of Richard Leakey are at talkorigins.com:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/rleakey.html
Additional biographical details of Richard Leakey are at
talkorigins.com:
http://www.europaworld.org/issue15/drrichardleakey291200.htm
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Tim White was named "America's best paleoanthropologist" by CNN in
2001. There's a profile on Cnn's web site:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/americasbest/science.medicine/pro.twhite.html
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Brief biographies of many other famous paleontologists (past and
present) are available at enchantedlearning.com:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Paleontologists.shtml
search strategy: "renowned paleontologist", "jack horner", "paul
sereno", "phil currie", "richard leakey", "tim white"
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