tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post3482952446431713469..comments2023-09-05T13:36:07.191-06:00Comments on Dinochick Blogs: What is a Paleontologist?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578322515370564452.post-52884133830344953402009-02-19T09:40:00.000-07:002009-02-19T09:40:00.000-07:00Last year I learned in a keynote lecture on molecu...Last year I learned in a keynote lecture on molecular paleobiology, given by Kevin Peterson, that a paleontologist not necessarily studies fossils, i.e. something excavated from earth.<BR/><BR/>He advocated the inclusion of all sorts of scientists studying deep time problems in evolutionary biology, also those phylogeneticists dealing with molecular data who use fossils merely for obtaining calibration ages.Michael BWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761074196100403445noreply@blogger.com