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Should I study Palaeontology or Marine Biology at university?
My interests are extinct organisms, deep sea organisms and aliens. I am infatuated with weird life.

>> No.10521684

marine biologist sounds way cooler

>> No.10521689

>>10521670
You know Jack Horner never graduated, I think he found out later in life hes got really bad dyslexia and he just kept failing out, but hed worked on so many digs he just became an authority via practical experience.

>> No.10521966

>>10521670
paleo molecular biology is where its at
most exciting sites have been excavated, however molecular markers of primordial microorganisms haven't been elucidated

>> No.10521968

>>10521966
also, specialising that early in your path is shooting yourself in the foot

>BSc biology/molecular biology
>MSc marine biology
>PhD in whatever you find interesting at that point if you haven't lost the drive

>> No.10522032

>>10521684
Yeah, marine biology would definitely be awesome if I could get to study and explore the deep sea. I'm not sure the chances of getting to research the deep sea as opposed to shallow ocean though. What is oceanography like?

>>10521968
>>10521966
At university, palaeo stuff is lumped in with geology/earth science stuff. Can you go down the palaeo path through biology? Wouldn't molecular bio be 99% in a lab though?

>> No.10522056

>>10521968
Or geology with a biology/paleo concentration if that's available.

>> No.10522100

>>10522056
Sadly the BSc in geology at the uni I'm going to is heavily into rocks and not much more. There are is more options for palaeo related stuff in postgrad though.

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>>10521670
Lol marine life is all the fucking same>>10521684

>> No.10522287

>>10521670
You can study both.

>> No.10522314

>>10521670
Become a gynecologist

>> No.10522635

>>10521670
Shallow ocean could still be pretty cool when you're looking at seamounts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUaxdxt2sE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rb5HzR26OM

>> No.10522818

>>10522635
That's neat, lots of interesting organisms there.

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>> No.10522891

>>10521670
The creature in your picture is the inspiration for the gen 3 fossil pokemon, anorith.

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>>10522891

>> No.10523446

>>10521670
>>10522891
based anomalocaris
that nigga fucking TERRORIZED our ancestors. We still probably got fear of it conserved somewhere in our DNA.

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>>10521670
Marine biology.

>> No.10525696

What are you guy's thoughts on an oceanography degree?