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La Brea Tars Pits

La Brea Tars Pits. Bio- Medical My Career… Paleontology. Rheanna Lawrence Period 3. C areer field and Technology field. Bio- Medical study of animal activity in the past recovery and analysis of material culture . Types of Paleontology. Micro paleontologist microscopic fossils

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La Brea Tars Pits

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  1. La Brea Tars Pits

  2. Bio- MedicalMy Career… Paleontology Rheanna Lawrence Period 3

  3. Career field and Technology field • Bio- Medical • study of animal activity in the past • recovery and analysis of material culture

  4. Types of Paleontology • 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

  5. To Prepare • 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

  6. Colleges • Yale University • University of Chicago • University of California, Berkeley • Harvard University • Virginia Tech • Brown Mackie College - Phoenix

  7. The future of the field • 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

  8. Work sited Jay, Fancher. "Do Archaeologists Dig Dinosaur Bones?." Archaeology for the public. SAA. Web. 30 May 2013. <http://www.saa.org/publicftp/public/fun/dinosaurs.html>. "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>. htfossilleaf. 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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