![]() He’s on the faculty of the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.ĭuring his 15 years of research in the field, he has discovered more than a dozen new species of dinosaurs and mammals, and has made groundbreaking studies on the evolutionary transition between dinosaurs and birds. Watch the video below, and read on for more information about this fascinating scientist.īrusatte did become a paleontologist. Your Scout can get excited about dinosaurs, no matter their age, by checking out National Geographic Kids’ DinoMAYnia, a monthlong celebration of all things dinosaurs.īrusatte was nice enough to join us for a fun game of trivia during a recent episode of #TrekonTuesday. “By the time I finished my first year of high school, I knew I wanted to be a paleontologist,” he says. Steve’s love for paleontology began when he was a teenager. As Steve went through his brother’s library, he soon became hooked on the prehistoric creatures as well. When Steve was a freshman in high school, Chris asked for help on his dino-themed science fair project. ![]() He had over 100 dinosaur books - basically his own dinosaur library!” He was obsessed! He turned his bedroom into a dinosaur museum. “But my youngest brother, Chris, was a dinosaur enthusiast. ![]() “When I was in elementary school, science was my least favorite class,” he says. Steve Brusatte wasn’t one of those kids who could look at dinosaur photos and instantly identify and pronounce their multisyllabic names. ![]()
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