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Paleo-Dave
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I'm a volunteer docent at the Field Museum of Natural History, but in my day job, I'm a particle physicist at Fermilab.
Interests: I'm interested in paleontology and the history of life on earth, with an especially soft spot for dinosaurs.
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I just posted a book review on Goodreads: The...
I just posted a book review on Goodreads: The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Since this book is a scientific classic, I assume there is little need to explain what it's about, but just in case you've spent your entire life in a... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at The Paleo-Tourist
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The Sickle Cutter of Utah
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We’re well into the new year now and there are few odds and ends I never got around to writing about in 2012. In September I visited Utah to participate in a fossil dig for the Prehistoric Museum, but on the way home, our group visited the Natural History Museum... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2013 at The Paleo-Tourist
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The Artist Who Saw Through Time
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I received a wonderful book for Christmas: Charles R. Knight, The Artist Who Saw Through Time by Richard Milner. I grew up with Charles Knight, even though he died before I was born. His paintings of prehistoric animals, from dinosaurs to Dimetrodons fascinated me as a youngster. They have been... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2013 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Hunter and Huntington
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I saw that Jim Lehane recently posted an archive photo of the Huntington Mammoth on his blog at The Geology P.A.G.E. The mammoth is at the Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah. The exhibit was still under development when Jim's photo was taken. Here's an update for it, complete with a... Continue reading
Posted Dec 19, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Death Elevated
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I’ve been to the Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah four times now and it’s time I put something into the blog. There’s always been something else going on when I visited – either a dinosaur dig or the UFOP meeting last year. “Death Elevated“ seemed to me a strange choice... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Nobody Panic
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Danger is approaching while the massive crowd moves as one. In the background a giant creature from a bygone age looms over the mass of moving people. Is it a scene from The Lost World? No, there was a tornado warning last week at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and everybody... Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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My Activities Are Described in Playboy
I thought that title might get your attention. It's even true. My fellow dino digger, Scott Bolohan, has published an article on our Utah dino dig in The Smoking Jacket, a column for Playboy magazine. It's a good article and I recommend it (for readers 18 and over due to... Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Fun in the Sun, Utah-Style
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I’m recently back from my biennial dinosaur dig in Utah and it’s time for a retrospective. I started writing this blog shortly after my last dig in 2010. At that time I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted the blog to be – a science column, a travelogue, a vehicle... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Excuse Me, Have You Seen a Pterosaur Pass This Way?
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Life is full of odd coincidences, even extinct life. My last couple of posts were about pterosaurs, but I figured I was done with them for a while. I was going off to Utah with some other volunteers from the Field Museum to participate in our biennial dinosaur dig. Our... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Musing on the Pterosaurs from Deep Time
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After seeing the Flying Monsters movie a few weeks ago I got out my copy of David Unwin’s The Pterosaurs from Deep Time and looked through it again. This book is highly recommended by Pterrance, who sometimes assists me in talking to younger visitors at the Field Museum, and Pteresa,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 10, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Flying Monsters in 3D
Okay, Paleo-tourists, it’s time to put down the rock hammers and grab a bag of popcorn. Today we’re going to the movies. The feature is Flying Monsters 3D, an IMAX produced by National Geographic. As a longtime member of the National Geographic Society, I’ve come to expect good science and... Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Fossils on the York River
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I attended a conference in Williamsburg, Virginia this week. The area is well-known for its historical attractions, which include Colonial Williamsburg, the Jamestown Settlement, and the Yorktown battlefield. But, the devoted reader of the Paleo-Tourist may ask, is there anyplace of paleontological interest? As a matter of fact, there is.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Paleo-Peru
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I’ve just returned from vacationing in Peru. It’s a beautiful land with many things to see and do. This includes, of course, a destination for the paleo-tourist. While in the city of Lima, I took a day to visit the Museo de Historia Natural, which is affiliated with the Universidad... Continue reading
Posted Jul 16, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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That's a very nice illustration of Baird's Tapir. I saw one recently at the San Diego Zoo in their Elephant Odyssey exhibit. This exhibit compares a variety of living animals to extinct ones. They gave a comparison of Baird's Tapir with an extinct California Tapir. I recommend it if you get out to San Diego; I also posted a summary: http://paleo-tourist.typepad.com/the-paleo-tourist/2012/02/elephant-odyssey-in-san-diego.html.
Toggle Commented May 31, 2012 on Tapir Redux at i (heart) odd-toed ungulates
The Noble Pentaceratops
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I was visiting the University of Oklahoma a few days ago and as I wrapped up a solid day of physics discussions, my host offered to show me the university’s Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. I readily agreed and we arrived just 45 minutes before the museum closed. There’s... Continue reading
Posted May 24, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Fossil Mysteries in San Diego
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I've been back from San Diego for two weeks now and still hadn't finished writing up my paleo-tourist adventures there. That's the problem with having a day job - it's so distracting. But now that I'm back at the blog, there's quite a bit more to be said for San... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Elephant Odyssey in San Diego
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Balboa Park in central San Diego is a scenic locale with a number of attractions, including the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Since I'm in town with the Missus for the weekend, we decided to see the lions and tigers and bears, with maybe a side trip to the reptile house.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Feb 18, 2012
Middle Schoolers Have the Smarts in Washington, DC
I went into DC today to serve as a Scientific Judge in the Washington area Regional Science Bowl for middle schools. This was a qualifier for the National Science Bowl, to be held in April. Both the regional and national science bowls are sponsored by the U. S. Department of... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Jan 31, 2012
I just saw an online article in National...
I just saw an online article in National Geographic: The largest rabbit ever found. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110323-giant-rabbit-minorca-biggest-bunny-science-nuralagus-rex-largest/ Could this be a job for the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch? Continue reading
Posted Jan 10, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Jan 8, 2012
The Pleistocene in Santa Barbara
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Santa Barbara is a picturesque coastal town that seems a stranger to the winter weather that we Chicagoans are used to seeing in late November. It also has a good natural history museum. I drove past an old Spanish mission shaded with live oaks to reach the museum, which is... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2012 at The Paleo-Tourist
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Mammoths in Exile
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After visiting Rancho La Brea, the next stop on our southern California Paleo-tour was Ventura, on the coast west of Los Angeles. We had leisurely breakfast and headed for the visitors’ center for the Channel Islands National Park. The Channel Islands – so named because of their location in the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 29, 2011 at The Paleo-Tourist
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The Paleo-Tourist Goes to Hollywood
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I visited southern California a few weeks ago and found several places to interest a paleo-tourist, but the place that sticks in the mind is the La Brea Tar Pits. It’s one of the most famous fossil sites in the world and I’ve wanted to visit there since I was... Continue reading
Posted Dec 17, 2011 at The Paleo-Tourist
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