From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia “I hope people
remain interested in MY old bones” Vertebrate palaeontologists
are people unnaturally obsessed with old bones. They should not
be confused with geologists or archaeologists, and are
distinguished by complete lack of knowledge of anything outside
their very small area of expertise. Every vertebrate
palaeontologist is the world's leading expert - in fact, the
only expert - in their particular field, which means that they
can write anything they like in the knowledge that nobody else
knows anything which can prove that they are wrong. edit The
History of Vertebrate Palaeontology The most important figure in
the early days of the science was William Buckland, and he set
standards of behaviour followed by all subsequent
palaeontologists. These are to eat anything, dead or alive, to
walk at least 60 miles every day, and to stand firm on your
beliefs regardless of what the evidence shows. Shunned by most
monarchs because of his depraved taste for their