The Clue Is in the Poo: The Story of Dinosaur Scientist Karen Chin
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Karen Chin is hunting for treasure. But she's not interested in gold or jewels…she's interested in poo. Fossilized dinosaur poo, specifically. What can she learn from this prehistoric feces? Follow the clues and see where Karen's curiosity takes her as she searches for answers about how dinosaurs lived and what the world looked like long ago.
Interview with Dr. Karen Chin:
"I was always fascinated by science," says paleoecologist Dr. Karen Chin. As a child, her father taught her how to garden and the "miracle of growth" amazed her.
"I still garden a lot and I have a huge collection of indoor plants as well," she says.
But the rest of her scientific pursuits look a little different these days. Now a paleoecologist and a professor and curator of paleontology at the University of Colorado, Dr. Chin studies extinct organisms and is one of the world's leading experts in coprolites, aka, fossilized feces of prehistoric animals or, more colloquially, really old poop!
"I became fascinated with how challenging it is to reconstruct what ancient life was like with relatively little fossil evidence," she says, sharing how working at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana galvanized her interest in paleontology.
"I just began to think about paleontology all the time," she laughs. "It was just so interesting to think about, to read about, to talk about."
I hope people appreciate that we can get very useful insights about this world we live in-the modern world-by examining life from the past. We can see and understand patterns of evolution. We can see how environmental conditions have affected ancient life in the past and how in turn, ancient life has affected environmental conditions. For example, we wouldn't have all the oxygen in our air today if it were not for photosynthesis. So, the environment, the climate, these things affect life and life also affects the environment. By examining what has happened in the past, we get valuable insights into what is happening in our modern world.
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