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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are areas of paleontology that do not require fieldwork or museum work. Many academic paleontologists (university professors) do modeling work, lab work (on existing collections), statistical analyses, etc. But I agree with PP 08:20 that she should target a broad science degree and perhaps focus on biology (common to both of her interests) at first but take a broad range of math/science to understand better where her intellectual and career interests lie. She wouldn't really be committing to either path until graduate school, regardless. [/quote]

I seriously doubt you can become an “academic paleontologist” without doing fieldwork regularly.

I would just assume the kid has no actual idea about careers but not worry about it too much. She’ll find something that interests her and as she gets older she’ll get clued into actual expectations for the field. [/quote]

You can, but it's soooooo niche that she just needs to study basic science as an undergraduate anyway. And honestly if my kid had interests like this, I'd encourage them to explore medical careers as well - radiologists do a lot of problem solving based on imaging rather than direct patient care, and they get paid several multiples of what academic paleontologists make. [/quote]

They would have had to do fieldwork at some point. [/quote]

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