Mary Higby Schweitzer
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Mary Higby Schweitzer is a paleontologist at North Carolina State University known for leading the groups which discovered the remains of blood cells in dinosaur fossils and later discovered soft tissue remains in the Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen MOR 1125,[1][2] as well as evidence that the specimen was a pregnant female when she died.[3]
Schweitzer completed her undergraduate degree at Utah State University and received her doctorate from Montana State University. Schweitzer describes herself as a "complete and total Christian" and has condemned attempts by Young Earth Creationists to hijack her work. Young Earth Creationists believe that the earth is only a few thousand years old while the scientific consensus is that the there is overwhelming evidence that the earth is billions of years old.[4] According to Schweitzer, the Young Earth Creationists "treat you really bad." She said that they "twist your words and they manipulate your data.” Schweitzer is currently working with NASA scientists to look for trace evidences of past life on other bodies in the solar system.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Schweitzer M, Wittmeyer J, Horner J (2007). "Soft tissue and cellular preservation in vertebrate skeletal elements from the Cretaceous to the present". Proc Biol Sci 274 (1607): 183-97. PMID 17148248.
- ^ Hitt J (2005). "New discoveries hint there's a lot more in fossil bones than we thought". Discover October. Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
- ^ Geologists Find First Clue To Tyrannosaurus Rex Gender In Bone Tissue (2005-06-03). Retrieved on March 5, 2007.
- ^ a b Fields H (2006). "Dinosaur Shocker". Smithsonian (May).
[edit] External links
- Barry Yeoman, Schweitzer's Dangerous Discovery, Discover.
