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Evansae honours Professor Susan E. Evans, for her years of anatomical and palaeontological research, in particular on the Isle of Skye.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024

The site is one of the planet’s most important palaeontological treasure troves and has provided key insights into the way that human evolution progressed in Europe.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2020

“It worries me that we are changing not only the physical state of the ocean, but the biological state of the ocean,” palaeontological oceanographer Lukas Jonkers tells the Nature Podcast.

From Nature • May 23, 2019

They added: "The causes of megaherbivore decline are probably complex, multidimensional, and varied across time and space. The precise timing of key hominin behavioural innovations remains poorly constrained by the current archaeological and palaeontological records."

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2018

Nowhere else in the Central American region is there any palaeontological evidence of Palaeozoic rocks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various