Daniel Fisher (paleontologist)

Daniel Fisher is a paleontologist who studies paleobiology and the extinction of mastodons.[1] He received his Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Harvard University in 1975 and is the Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology and the Director of the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan.[2] His research on mammoth tusks has helped to shape the common understanding of mammoth life.[3][4]

He worked as a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Rochester until 1979 when he moved to the University of Michigan to join the Department of Geological Sciences.[5] In 2015, he led the dig in of a gigantic mammoth from a farmer’s field in Michigan which is helping researchers to conclude about when humans first came to the Americans.[6][7] He was on a NET Television-produced segment for the PBS series “NOVA scienceNOW” about Ice Age mammoths.[8]

  1. ^ Kesler, Stephen E. (2019). Great Lakes Rocks: 4 Billion Years of Geologic History in the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472053803.
  2. ^ "Daniel Fisher | U-M LSA Earth and Environmental Sciences". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. ^ "Paleontologists Study A Remarkably Well-preserved Baby Siberian Mammoth". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. ^ Dance, Amber (2018-11-17). "If mammoth tusks could talk". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-111718-2. S2CID 165934408.
  5. ^ Mammuthus (2015-05-26). "Daniel Fisher | Mammuthus Team". Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  6. ^ UK, Lindsay Dodgson, Business Insider. "Newly-unearthed Mammoth remains could help reveal when humans first arrived in the Americas". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-09-10. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ May 2019, Susan Cosier / 16 (2019-05-16). "Could Mammoth Bones Reveal When Humans First Arrived in North America?". SAPIENS. Retrieved 2019-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Mammoth Mystery on NET | Trailside Museum of Natural History". trailside.unl.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-10.