Episode

How to become a palaeontologist [Preview]

Podcast: The Fossil Files
Published: Mar 31, 2026
Duration seconds: 743
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Summary

How and when and why do you become a palaeontologist? Biology, Geology, something else? Childhood, undergraduate, PhD? Susie and Rob discuss the different routes and offer their advice and experiences. This is a preview of our first bonus episode. To hear the rest of the episode, support us on our Patreon https://patreon.com/FossilFiles