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Lecture by David Polly from EAS-E 114 Dinosaurs and their Relatives at Indiana University.
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Lecture 4 on the geological time scale and the processes and principles behind it.
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Presentation by P. David Polly at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution in 2021.
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Presentation by P. David Polly at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists in 2021.
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The origin of paleontology as a discipline, early discoveries about extinction, a brief history of evolutionary theories, natural selection and other mechanisms, and a modern look at the processes…
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In this lecture we finish off discussion of vertebrate body size and its evolution.
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In our final guest slot we have Mairin Balisi, a paleontologist who is currently a postdoc at the La Brea Tarpits Museum in Los Angeles. Mairin talks about her work at the tarpits, her research, her…
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In this lecture we look at body mass and why it is important for vertebrate evolution. It is one of two synthesis lectures that wrap up threads that were laid this semester.
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Today we visit with Vince Santucci, senior paleontologist at the US National Park Service. Vince talks about his job, how he got there, what is involved in managing paleontological resources on…
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In this lecture we explore the reasons why public lands are important to paleontologists working in the US, what public lands are, and how management of paleontological resources benefits the science…
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This session covers some of the kinds of careers that exist related to vertebrate paleontology, as well as some of the institutions that exist the further the science.
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