American paleontologist, geologist, and author (born 1954)
Donald Prothero
Donald Prothero, in the Troublesome Formation near Kremmling, central Colorado, 2008
Born
(1954-02-21) February 21, 1954 (age 70)
Glendale, California
Citizenship
American
Alma mater
University of California, Riverside, Columbia University
Known for
Mammalian paleontology
Scientific career
Thesis
Medial Oligocene magnetostratigraphy and mammalian biostratigraphy: testing the isochroneity of mammalian biostratigraphic events
Website
http://www.donaldprothero.com/
Donald Ross Prothero (February 21, 1954) is an American geologist, paleontologist, and author who specializes in mammalian paleontology and magnetostratigraphy, a technique to date rock layers of the Cenozoic era and its use to date the climate changes which occurred 30–40 million years ago. He is the author or editor of more than 30 books and over 300 scientific papers, including at least 5 geology textbooks.
Stephen Jay Gould cited Prothero's research on the lack of response to climate change in mammals from the Eocene, Oligocene and Pleistocene epochs to support the punctuated equilibrium model of evolution. He called Prothero "the best punctuated equilibrium researcher on the West Coast".[1]
^Gould, S.J. (2002). The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674006133.
Donald Ross Prothero (February 21, 1954) is an American geologist, paleontologist, and author who specializes in mammalian paleontology and magnetostratigraphy...
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cryptozoologists. According to writer Daniel Loxton and paleontologist DonaldProthero, "[c]ryptozoologists have often promoted 'Professor Roy Mackal, PhD...
Daniel Loxton; DonaldProthero (2013). Abominable Science: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids. Chapter 3, written by Prothero. Columbia...
scientists, such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, Peter Atkins, and DonaldProthero subscribe to this thesis; however, historians such as Stephen Shapin...
and why he created the Thinking Atheist community. Paleontologist DonaldProthero commented on the book as follows: Andrews writes in a friendly, relaxed...
Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu (2011). Evolution. DonaldProthero (2006). After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals. DonaldProthero (2007). Evolution: What the Fossils...
Carroll, Paul Davies, Stuart Kauffman, Christof Koch, Kenneth R. Miller, DonaldProthero, and Victor J. Stenger.[non-primary source needed] On 24–26 June 2011...
5 mya. In 2023, graduate student Kristin Watmore and paleontologist DonaldProthero reported in a preprint a giant sperm whale tooth identified as cf....
during August 1933, when Spicer reported the sighting. Loxton and DonaldProthero later cited King Kong as evidently an influence on the Loch Ness Monster...
feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars." The palaeontologist DonaldProthero notes that religiously minded people of the Victorian era, including...
science! : origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and other famous cryptids. Donald R. Prothero. New York. ISBN 978-0-231-52681-4. OCLC 854902238.{{cite book}}: CS1...
Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution, DonaldProthero proposed the body mass estimates for different individuals of different...
Freeman & Herron 2004, p. 816 Prothero 2007, pp. 133–135 Darwin 1859, pp. 279–280 Darwin 1859, pp. 341–343 Prothero, Donald R. (1 March 2008). "Evolution:...
if newer analyzes obtained different results. Mammal paleontologist DonaldProthero criticized the mass media reaction to this study as superficial and...
the creature may not be gone". Business Insider. Loxton, Daniel and DonaldProthero. Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous...
feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars." The palaeontologist DonaldProthero notes that religiously-minded people of the Victorian era, including...
some criticism from other paleontologists, including Michael D'Emic, DonaldProthero, who criticized the mass media reaction to this study as superficial...
She led the imaging science team on the Cassini mission to Saturn. DonaldProthero (1954–): American geologist, paleontologist, and author who specializes...
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