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21: Paleontologist Evelyn Vollmer, Figuring out the Age of the Earth, and What Defines a Dinosaur

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What Animal Has the Most Bones?

Evelyn is a paleontologist at the University of California, San Diego. She says bones that change through evolution are much more interesting to study than just quantifying how many there are right now. Evelyn: I was raised in a very conservative house where we believe like the earth was 6000 years old and crazy stuff like that. "I am so endlessly curious by paleontology," she said.

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