Paleontologists Paleontologists Alice Wilson ( August 26 1881– April 15 1964) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist. She conducted field studies on rocks and fossils in the Ottawa region between 1913 and 1963. She became the first female Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1937. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alice Wilson"
Bernard Aimé Léonard du Bus de Gisignies ( June 21, 1808 - July 6, 1874) was a Belgian politician, ornithologist and paleontologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bernard du Bus de Gisignies"
Don Lessem (born 1951) is a palaeontologist that specializes in dinosaurs. His works include many children's books on dinosaurs and has been going on dinosaur expeditions since 1988. He was the founder of the Dinosaur Society and Jurrassic Foundation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Don Lessem"
Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger was a Croatian geologist, paleontologist and archeologist. He was born on October 25, 1856 in Zagreb, where he died on December 22, 1936. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger"
Edward Oscar Ulrich ( 1857 – 1944) was an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossils. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward Oscar Ulrich"
Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois ( January 28, 1858 - December 16, 1940) was a Dutch anatomist, who earned world-wide fame with his discovery of the first specimens of early hominid remains to be found outside of Europe. These discoveries, made on the Indonesian island of Java from 1891, would later be classified as specimens of Homo erectus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eugène Dubois"
James Farlow is a vertebrate paleontologist, specialising on dinosaur trace fossils, biomechanics and physiology. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Farlow"
Sir Johann Franz Julius von Haast ( May 1, 1822 – August 16, 1887) was a German geologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Julius von Haast"
Kamoya Kimeu, (born c. 1940) is one of the world's most successful fossil collectors who, together with paleontologists Meave Leakey and Richard Leakey, is responsible for some of the most significant archaeological discoveries. Kimeu found a Homo habilis skull known as KNM-ER 1813, and an almost complete Homo erectus skeleton named KNM-WT 15000 or Turkana Boy (also known as Nariokotome boy). He has two fossil primates named after him: Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni and Cercopithecoides kimeui. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kamoya Kimeu"
Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck ( May 3, 1809 – July 16, 1887), Belgian palaeontologist and chemist, was born at Leuven. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck"
Michael Benton is a professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. ...more on Wikipedia about "Michael Benton"
Peter D. Ward is a paleontologist and professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Washington. Ward is co-author, along with Donald Brownlee, of the best-selling Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe, published in 2000. In the work the authors suggest that the universe is fundamentally hostile to life and that the likelihood of widespread lifeforms as advanced as those on Earth is marginal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peter Ward"
Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (born 19 December 1944 in Nairobi, Kenya), is a paleontologist, archaeologist and conservationist. He is the second of the three sons of the archaeologists Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey. A high school drop-out, Leakey discovered his love of paleontology when he led an expedition to a fossil site he had discovered while flying. Frustrated by the lack of recognition he received for his accomplishments due to his lack of scientific credentials, Leakey left for England to catch up on his high school education. However, after six months, Leakey returned home to continue his safaris. He never completed his degree. ...more on Wikipedia about "Richard Leakey"
Dr Tim Flannery ( Melbourne, 28 January 1956 - ) is a well-known Australian biologist, mammologist and paleontologist also famous for his best-selling non-fiction books including The Future Eaters and Throwim Way Leg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tim Flannery"
Zsófia Torma ( 1840 – November 14, 1899) Hungarian archaeologist, anthropologist and paleontologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zsófia Torma"
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