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==Notable paleontologists==

==Notable paleontologists==

[[Image:427px-Paleontologist_chipping.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae.]]

[[Image:427px-Paleontologist_chipping.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae.]]

History includes a number of prominent paleontologists. [[Charles Darwin]] collected fossils of South American mammals during his trip on the Beagle and examined petrified forests in Patagonia. [[Mary Anning]] was a notable early paleontologist. She found several landmark fossils, in her home town of [[Lyme Regis]].  Although self-taught, she collected and described them in a very systematic way. [[William Buckland]], [[Richard Owen]], [[Gideon Mantell]], [[Georges Cuvier]] and [[Thomas Huxley]] were important early pioneers, in the field of paleontology. [[Thomas Jefferson]] took a keen interest in mammoth bones. [[Edward Drinker Cope]] and [[Othniel Charles Marsh]] waged a famously fierce competition known as the [[Bone Wars]] in the late 19th century that involved some questionable practices, but which significantly advanced the understanding of the natural history of North America and vertebrate paleontology. Besides looking at mammal teeth and unearthing [[penguin]] skeletons.

History includes a number of prominent paleontologists. [[Charles Darwin]] collected fossils of South American mammals during his trip on the Beagle and examined petrified forests in Patagonia. [[Mary Anning]] was a notable early paleontologist. She found several landmark fossils, in her home town of [[Lyme Regis]].  Although self-taught, she collected and described them in a very systematic way. [[William Buckland]], [[Richard Owen]], [[Gideon Mantell]], [[Georges Cuvier]] and [[Thomas Huxley]] were important early pioneers, in the field of paleontology. [[Edward Drinker Cope]] and [[Othniel Charles Marsh]] waged a famously fierce competition known as the [[Bone Wars]] in the late 19th century that involved some questionable practices, but which significantly advanced the understanding of the natural history of North America and vertebrate paleontology. Besides looking at mammal teeth and unearthing [[penguin]] skeletons.

In the 20th century, paleontologists such as [[George Gaylord Simpson]], [[Norman Newell]], [[Stephen Jay Gould]], and [[J. John Sepkoski, Jr.]] developed sophisticated mathematical techniques to analyze the fossil record of evolution and extinction.  

In the 20th century, paleontologists such as [[George Gaylord Simpson]], [[Norman Newell]], [[Stephen Jay Gould]], and [[J. John Sepkoski, Jr.]] developed sophisticated mathematical techniques to analyze the fossil record of evolution and extinction.

 

There are also many notable paleontologists in the creation science community. Among them are: Dr. Kurt Wise, Marcus Ross, Dr. John Whitmore, and Joe Taylor.  

==See also==

==See also==

* [http://www.paleoportal.org/ The Paleontology Portal]

* [http://www.paleoportal.org/ The Paleontology Portal]

* [http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/index.shtml Paleontology at the U.S. Geological Survey]

* [http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/index.shtml Paleontology at the U.S. Geological Survey]

[[Category:Life Sciences]]

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