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Rheanna Lawrence

Period 3

Bio- MedicalMy Career… Paleontology

Bio- Medicalstudy of animal activity in the past recovery and analysis of material culture

Career field and Technology field

Types of PaleontologyMicro paleontologist

microscopic fossils

Vertebrate and Invertebrate Paleontologists primitive fishes to mammals mollusks and echinoderms

Taphonomist processes of decay, preservation

and how fossils are formed

Paleoecologist ecology and climate of the past

Ichnologist fossil tracks

Paleobotanist fossil plants

Palynologist living and fossilized pollen and

spores

Paleoanthropologist prehistoric human

High Schoolbasic skills like Math, Science, English, and History

Collegestudy for a double major

biology and geology

a year of physics, chemistry and mathematics An interest in the past history of lifevast knowledge of computer modeling, data analysis

and integration Geographic Information Systemscommunication skills and good interpersonal skillsfluent in a second language

To Prepare

Yale UniversityUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of California, BerkeleyHarvard UniversityVirginia TechBrown Mackie College - Phoenix

Colleges

Teaching Highly competitive generally more qualified

applicants available jobs. Museums positions rare and often difficult to

obtain. $44.57 per hour

$92,710 per yearincrease 21 percent

from 33,800 to 40,900 by 2020

The future of the field

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"Archaeology Jobs." Archaeology Jobs. JobMonkey. Web. 31 May 2013. <http://www.jobmonkey.com/archaeology/>. http://www.prospects.ac.uk/archaeologist_job_description.htm

"What is Paleontology." What is Paleontology. N.p.. Web. 31 May 2013. <http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/paleowhat.html>.

Paleontology. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 31 May 2013. <http://www.briegull.com/waldren/images/2PIF.jpg>. htfossil leaf. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 31 May 2013. <http://www.isgs.illinois.edu/research/coal/fossil-forest/images/26_neuropteris_2_riola.JPG>. tp://www.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/user13/harvard_shield_wreath.png

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