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In California there are companies that hire paleontologists to work on building sites to basically collect any fossil material that is brought up. It's more of a collecting job than a scientific job, but it is in paleontology, and at least in Orange County there are a lot of very interesting vertebrates to be found. The company that I know of which does this sort of work is SWCA, but I'm pretty sure there are other companies too. Adam >From: Una Smith <una@lanl.gov> >Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk >To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk >Subject: Re: paleonet AGI Report >Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:50:00 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from mc10-f33.hotmail.com ([65.54.166.169]) by >mc10-s18.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Fri, 20 Feb >2004 09:01:36 -0800 >Received: from newt.nhm.ac.uk ([157.140.2.15]) by mc10-f33.hotmail.com with >Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:01:26 -0800 >Received: from majord by newt.nhm.ac.uk with local (Exim 4.12)id >1AuDqo-00006h-00for paleonet-subscribers@newt.nhm.ac.uk; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 >16:50:06 +0000 >Received: from jess.nhm.ac.uk ([157.140.2.2])by newt.nhm.ac.uk with esmtp >(Exim 4.12)id 1AuDqm-00006b-00for paleonet@jerwood.nhm.ac.uk; Fri, 20 Feb >2004 16:50:04 +0000 >Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov ([192.16.0.25] >helo=mailwasher-b.lanl.gov)by jess.nhm.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.22)id >1AuDql-0005YE-Sqfor paleonet@nhm.ac.uk; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:50:04 +0000 >Received: from cowpox.lanl.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])by >mailwasher-b.lanl.gov (8.12.10/8.12.10/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id >i1KGo1HR014344for <paleonet@nhm.ac.uk>; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:50:02 -0700 >Received: from cowpox.lanl.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])by >cowpox.lanl.gov (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1KGo1ig028023for ><paleonet@nhm.ac.uk>; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:50:01 -0700 >Received: (from una@localhost)by cowpox.lanl.gov (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id >i1KGo0Og028021for paleonet@nhm.ac.uk; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:50:00 -0700 >X-Message-Info: 9FGFoCED9ZOwz2+XNUEXEODru1yVVF6vIo4CKv4ta6Y= >Message-ID: <20040220165000.GA28013@lanl.gov> >References: <a06020410bc5bd69b8143@[157.140.1.197]> >In-Reply-To: <a06020410bc5bd69b8143@[157.140.1.197]> >User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i >X-NHMScan-Signature: aacef67e47c38822f299ba0a6f7bcf5c >Precedence: bulk >Return-Path: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Feb 2004 17:01:27.0228 (UTC) >FILETIME=[2DA257C0:01C3F7D3] > >Norm MacLeod wrote: > >OK. The Kepkupaiui string has gone on way past long enough. > >I haven't read a word of it. Threaded e-mail clients rule! > > > > Also, where do > >paleontologists who don't go into academics find jobs these days? > >As Norm knows, I have a postdoc in a government lab, and by >great good fortune I am doing something conceptually related >to paleontology. What Norm doesn't know is that I am about >to be unemployed. > > >Many leave the field. > >I am trying hard not to. But it appears I am not a strong >job candidate except in certain corners of bioinformatics. > >Q: (Paraphrasing Norm.) Are any employment sectors growing, >where paleontologists can be paleontologists? > >A: Nope. If anything, the existing sectors are shrinking. I >think creationism has something to do with it; neo-botanists >(also an endangered species!) in some instances are careful to >avoid any mention of the fossil record. > > Una Smith > >Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS K-710, Los Alamos, NM 87545 > _________________________________________________________________ Take off on a romantic weekend or a family adventure to these great U.S. locations. http://special.msn.com/local/hotdestinations.armx
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