Re: Fossil Records Show Biodiversity Comes and Goes

From: John Harshman (jharshman.diespamdie_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:52:52 GMT

George wrote:

> "John Harshman" <jharshman.diespamdie@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:dA3_d.11223$C47.9131@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
>
>>George wrote:
>>
>>
>>>No. You're a Portsmouth graduate. That's all you had to say. :-) What you
>>>say
>>>may be true at Portsmouth, but it is certainly not true at most universities
>>>in
>>>the States.
>>
>>You are confusing me with Richard Forrest. I went to the University of
>>Chicago. Where, by the way, the invert paleo people are all in the
>>Geosci department and the vert paleo people are all (well, mostly) in
>>various biology departments: Paul Sereno, Mike Coates, and Neil Shubin
>>in Anatomy, as was Jim Hopson until he retired, Leigh van Valen in
>>Ecology & Evolution.
>
> Oops. My mistake. But then, U of C is an exception, not the standard, as far
> as separating these two fields.

I dunno. I find it quite common for vert paleontologists at universities
to be teaching anatomy and to be associated with biology departments. It
seems rare for invert paleontologists to be in biology departments,
though there are some around here and there. How do you know *your*
experience isn't the exception?

I've lost track of why we're having this argument. Should I go back to
the first post to refresh my memory?