Introduction to Paleobiology - Monday, 1st Period

[itsananomaly]

Connor stood at the front of the class a smile on his face as he waited for the class start time to come. It felt good to be teaching and getting some sort of normalcy in place with everything that was going on. He looked over at Cutter and smiled as he cleared his throat.

“Good morning, it’s good to see everyone here today,” he said as he stepped out from behind the desk. My name is Connor Temple and I will be teaching this class on Paleobiology with Professor Cutter. We both are glad to have you with us this semester!

He smiled and nodded to Cutter for him to continue with the first class.

Cutter stood in front of the class, it felt good to be teaching even wearing the ankle monitor that was a reminder of their house arrest, he tried not to look at it. “Paleobiology is an interdisciplinary field that combines methods and findings found in both life sciences and earth sciences,” he continued. “An important aspect of this research involves using biological field research of current biota and fossils millions of years old to answer questions about the molecular evolution and the evolutionary history of life.” He went on, “it is through this research gathering that microfossils, macrofossils, and trace fossils are analysed.”

When he had finished he looked back at Connor with a smile for him to continue the lecture.

“We are going to keep it simple this first class and focus on ourselves mostly. I’d like everyone to go around and introduce themselves. Give us your name, any interest or experience you have with paleontology or similar scientific studies, and also one thing you would like to get out of this class.” Connor looked around at the class and smiled and then nodded. “OK how about you get us started off,” he said to the closest student.

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[itsananomaly]

Collapsey!

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Liliana Vess

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[outofthequiver]

Liberty Hazlett

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[furrybluefreak]

Kurt Wagner

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Humphrey Goodman

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Beta

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Alara Kitan

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Introductions

[itsananomaly]

Name, interest/experience with palaeontology or science and one thing you'd like to get out of the class.

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[deathsmajesty]

"My name is Liliana Vess and I have no experiences with life sciences," she said with a small smile. A small smile was the best anyone was getting out of her this early in the morning. "However, I have a great deal of experience with accessing the historical record, though my focus in that kind of thing would be more properly classified as...hmm, archeological or cultural."

Since it usually involved grave robbing and all.

"Mostly, I'm very interested in learning about very large, very dead creatures." Oh, would you look at that! Her smile could get a little bigger this morning after all. "Especially those with generally intact skeletons or other structures."

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[itsananomaly]

Cutter smiled at that, "we'll definitely cover large very dead creatures," he told her, "especially in the field of palaeontology, there are creatures with intact skeletons that we can study at great length using the fossil record,"

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[deathsmajesty]

"Will we have access to those skeletons?" Liliana asked for no reason, honest.

Someone was going to be very disappointed to discover museums and their penchants for plaster models.

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[itsananomaly]

"I'm hoping that we'll be able to go to one of the museums on the mainland to look at the skeletons," Cutter told her, not quite realising that wasn't quite what she meant.

He was also hoping that field trips were going to be covered by their house arrest terms, he was going to have to check with Becker next check in.

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[deathsmajesty]

Setting her up for so much disappointment. Just. So much.

"I look forward to it," Liliana said, settling back into her seat. "I believe I will have much to learn from such things."

She would come back the grumpiest Lili ever.

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[outofthequiver]

"Hello," said Libby, as she stood up and nodded with a smile at each of the teachers, and then another for some of the more familiar of her fellow students, "my name is Liberty Hazlett, but everyone just calls me Libby. I'll be going off to nursing school soon, but my science education up until coming here has been a little lacking. I figured it definitely wouldn't hurt to learn more about any kind of biology if I get the chance, and I think it's really interesting to see how life has grown and..." Dare she say it? "...evolved over thousands and thousands and..." There was a surprisingly excited little flush to her cheeks to say this outloud, "even hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Look, for someone of her background, where the debate about whether the Earth was a million years old or only 6000 was a legitimate lesson discussion, that was a pretty big thing!

"And," she added, a little shyness creeping in now, "I think it'll be really interesting, knowing more about how life has changed and adapted and sort of...." Eyes straight forward, face full of red now, "mutated over time...."

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[itsananomaly]

Cutter could definitely understand the evolutionary debate and smiled at that, "we'll definitely be covering a wide range of topics in paleobiology that includes evolution and mutation," he told her, "its a good subject to get a feel for biology as a whole and will help with future science classes,"

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[mess_and_i_are_friends]

My name is Humphrey... Humphrey Goodman, I've always enjoyed school and learning and particularly love solving riddles and puzzles so I guess in a way I'm keen to see what mysteries can be unravelled. I have experience with some sciences but more in forensics and such since I am a detective inspector by profession. I think it would be fun, and maybe even a little practical considering where I have found myself now, to broaden that experience and learn more about other sciences and how they impact life."

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[furrybluefreak]

"I'm Kurt Wagner and I've always enjoyed science classes and learning. I'd love to find out more about what its like to be a paleontologist or archeologist! It all sounds really interesting!"

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[no_missing_piece]

"Paleobiology is an area of science I haven't gotten to study in depth before," Beta said in an awkward rush, completely forgetting about the name part of the introductions, "since it wasn't deemed... relevant to my usefulness. So I wanted to take the opportunity to do it now, and I'm interested in finding out how to apply it to, well, other lost species."

Like... most of the current Earth ones. As always, thanks, Ted Faro.

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[canlendanear]

"I'm Alara Kitan," Alara said, "I haven't had a lot of experience with science - " much to the disappointment of her parents, "aside from the classes I've taken here, I do want to learn more about Earth and Earth's history though," she added.

Talk to the Teachers

[itsananomaly]

When they ping in.

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[itsananomaly]

Cutter was sitting behind his desk and was looking forward to classes starting back up again. It was definitely nice being able to leave the flat to at least teach class.

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[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor was also glad to be teaching again and was looking forward to the next hour or so out of the flat.

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