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  • Bruce Schumacher analyzing a fossil on a desk
    Paleontology is the study of past life on Earth, from single-celled organisms to vertebrate animals. A paleontologist thinks about the…
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    Bruce A. Schumacher

  • Michael Fracasso outside standing on some rocks
    Paleontologists study fossils, and the rocks in which fossils occur, to understand how ancient organisms lived.  This focus enables paleontologists…
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    Michael Fracasso

  • Photo of Barbara Beasley sitting at the mount of a cave.
    Barb Beasley is a paleontologist with the USDA Forest Service.  She received B.S. from University of Tennessee at Martin, TN…
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    Barbara Beasley

  • Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines USDA Forest Service Scientist Paleontology is the study of past life on Earth, from…
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    Bruce A. Schumacher, Paleontologist

  • Ph.D., Yale University USDA Forest Service Scientist Paleontologists study fossils, and the rocks in which fossils occur, to understand how…
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    Michael Fracasso, Paleontologist & Geologist

  • M.S., Fort Hays State University USDA Forest Service Scientist As a paleontologist, I study plants and animals that are preserved in…
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    Barb Beasley, Paleontologist