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Saving Face is a 2012 documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge about acid attacks on women in Pakistan. The film won an Emmy Award and the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject , making its director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistan's first Oscar winner.
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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. [1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks ( ichnites ), burrows , cast-off parts, fossilised feces ( coprolites ), palynomorphs and chemical residues .
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. [1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks ( ichnites ), burrows , cast-off parts, fossilised feces ( coprolites ), palynomorphs and chemical residues .
[1] In 2007 he was awarded the Society's Paleontological Society Medal, which is "awarded to a person whose eminence is based on advancement of knowledge in paleontology." [1] In 2006 Stanley was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal by the National Academy of Sciences [2] and in 2008 the William H. Twenhofel Medal by the Society for ...
Paleohistology has diverse applications in paleontology, evolutionary biology, and related fields. By analyzing the microstructure of fossilized tissues, paleohistologists can infer growth rates, metabolic rates , and physiological adaptations of extinct organisms .
Molecular paleontology refers to the recovery and analysis of DNA, proteins, carbohydrates, or lipids, and their diagenetic products from ancient human, animal, and plant remains. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The field of molecular paleontology has yielded important insights into evolutionary events, species' diasporas , the discovery and characterization of ...
George Gaylord Simpson (June 16, 1902 – October 6, 1984) was an American paleontologist.Simpson was perhaps the most influential paleontologist of the twentieth century, and a major participant in the modern synthesis, contributing Tempo and Mode in Evolution (1944), The Meaning of Evolution (1949) and The Major Features of Evolution (1953).