• Question: why did you want to become a palaeontologist?

    Asked by stephmaria to Ceri-Wyn on 20 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Ceri-Wyn Thomas answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      Hi stephmaria! At first I wanted to become a palaeontologist because I was mesmerised by Jurassic Park and all the fabulous dinosaur skeletons in the Natural History Museum in London. I just thought they were so fascinating! As I got older my interest in dinosaurs grew smaller and smaller but I really wanted to learn about evolution and I still thought that learning about ancient life on Earth was the best way to do that. That’s what palaeontologists do- we study ancient life- not just dinosaurs but everything that has lived in the billion odd years since life began on this planet.

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