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Daring to Dig: Adventures of Women in American Paleontology

Started by Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews), November 26, 2019, 12:22:47 AM

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I'm pleased to feature "Daring to Dig" at Dino Dad Reviews! This book shines some long overdue spotlight on 12 important paleontologists who all happen to be of the female persuasion. I've seen this reviewed before at the Mary Anning's Revenge blog, and have been meaning to get around to it ever since.
Check it out at Dino Dad Reviews!

https://dinodadreviews.com/2019/11/25/daring-to-dig/


Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)



Featured paleontologists include (clockwise from top left):
Annie Alexander
Helen James
Karen Chin
Mignon Talbot
Carlotta Maury
Esther Applin
Mary Dawson
Tilly Edinger
Phoebe Cohen
Katherine Palmer
Julia Gardner
Winifred Goldring

https://dinodadreviews.com/2019/11/25/daring-to-dig/

Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)

There's actually a bit of a trend of books about female paleontologists right now.
I've also reviewed "The Dinosaur Expert"...
https://dinodadreviews.com/2019/12/01/the-dinosaur-expert/



...and "Fossil Huntress", the story of renowned paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey.
https://dinodadreviews.com/2019/12/20/fossil-huntress-mary-leakey-paleontologist/


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Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)

#4
Quote from: Halichoeres on December 21, 2019, 02:59:20 PM
There's also She Found Fossils by Eugenia Gold: https://www.amazon.com/Found-Fossils-Maria-Eugenia-Leone/dp/1981516549

I finally got around to reviewing She Found Fossils and WOW is it packed with paleontologists! So many cool people I'd never heard of! Most of the living ones have Twitter accounts, which I linked to in the review, so y'all can follow them as well!

https://dinodadreviews.com/2020/07/11/she-found-fossils/


Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)

#5
I just found out there's a "Daring to Dig" playlist on the PRI's YouTube channel! It's hosted by the illustrator, Alana McGillis, and goes into a little more detail for some of the women featured in the book.
I played it for my boys, and they immediately ran to grab the book and turn it to the appropriate page while watching each video!  ;D


Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)

PRI has just released a new children's book, illustrated by Alana McGillis, who did the illustrations for "Daring To Dig"!
Into The Ordovician, as one might guess, is a children's introduction to the Ordovician Period. It was also released in conjuction with a new member of PRI's "Paleozoic Pals" line, a cute little Orthoceras plushie!
https://dinodadreviews.com/2021/02/01/into-the-ordovician/




Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)

Quote from: Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews) on February 01, 2021, 06:51:20 PMPRI has just released a new children's book, illustrated by Alana McGillis, who did the illustrations for "Daring To Dig"!
Into The Ordovician, as one might guess, is a children's introduction to the Ordovician Period. It was also released in conjuction with a new member of PRI's "Paleozoic Pals" line, a cute little Orthoceras plushie!
https://dinodadreviews.com/2021/02/01/into-the-ordovician/

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The "Daring to Dig" team has now released a sequel to "Into the Ordovician" called "Silurian Journey", and they indicated to me that they intend to eventually round out the whole Paleozoic, so I guess it's time to make a new thread so this one doesn't get to far off track, since it's kinda the "books about female paleontologists thread" now.

Here's the new thread: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=10374.0