What to Know About Pursuing Paleontology
Imagine looking just in your backyard and seeing something strange in the ground, you go look and see what it is, it’s a rock but not any rock a fossil of a 5 million year old leef. Not very interesting is it, but what if told you that fossil is the only one of its kind. This fossil just probably got you interested in that paleontology. People that are interested in paleontology should know how long people should need to stay in college, should know the tools needed if a person is are doing it by his or her self or in a group, and should know the risks if people perseus paleontology so that a person has a successful venture looking and collecting for fossils.
People that are interested in paleontology, as a professional, should first look into how long a person needs to stay in school. According to "Paleontologist" you need “a degree in botany, Earth sciences, geology, paleontology, or zoology” .You also need “3 A levels, including maths and physics” and “5 GCSEs (A* to C) including maths, English and science”. (Not all apply to all colleges, some may have more requirements or less) So all of this can take up as little as 3 years to the most of 5. So if a person is interested in paleontology ether for the money or because they just like it then get started early. From what I found was that some …show more content…
Some of the tools needed are a rock pick, a lot of hammers crowbars, different kinds of shovels, and much more. For more info for more tools and about thim visit"Amature paleontology". So after reading the list you can see that there are a lot of things. Tho most of the things on the list are professional tools so you can scratch them off if you are doing it by yourself or in a small group. Now after preparing we need to know the risks of
Imagine looking just in your backyard and seeing something strange in the ground, you go look and see what it is, it’s a rock but not any rock a fossil of a 5 million year old leef. Not very interesting is it, but what if told you that fossil is the only one of its kind. This fossil just probably got you interested in that paleontology. People that are interested in paleontology should know how long people should need to stay in college, should know the tools needed if a person is are doing it by his or her self or in a group, and should know the risks if people perseus paleontology so that a person has a successful venture looking and collecting for fossils.
People that are interested in paleontology, as a professional, should first look into how long a person needs to stay in school. According to "Paleontologist" you need “a degree in botany, Earth sciences, geology, paleontology, or zoology” .You also need “3 A levels, including maths and physics” and “5 GCSEs (A* to C) including maths, English and science”. (Not all apply to all colleges, some may have more requirements or less) So all of this can take up as little as 3 years to the most of 5. So if a person is interested in paleontology ether for the money or because they just like it then get started early. From what I found was that some …show more content…
Some of the tools needed are a rock pick, a lot of hammers crowbars, different kinds of shovels, and much more. For more info for more tools and about thim visit"Amature paleontology". So after reading the list you can see that there are a lot of things. Tho most of the things on the list are professional tools so you can scratch them off if you are doing it by yourself or in a small group. Now after preparing we need to know the risks of