Rheanna Lawrence
Period 3
 Bio- Medical
 study of animal activity in the past
 recovery and analysis of material culture
 Micro 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 School
 basic skills like Math, Science, English, and History
 College
 study for a double major
 biology and geology
 a year of physics, chemistry and mathematics
 An interest in the past history of life
 vast knowledge of computer modeling, data analysis and
integration Geographic Information Systems
 communication skills and good interpersonal skills
 fluent in a second language
 Yale University
 University of Chicago
 University of California, Berkeley
 Harvard University
 Virginia Tech
 Brown Mackie College - Phoenix
 Teaching
 Highly competitive generally more qualified applicants
available jobs.
 Museums positions rare and often difficult to obtain.
 $44.57 per hour
 $92,710 per year
 increase 21 percent
 from 33,800 to 40,900 by 2020
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