ALAN CUTLER, PhD, a well-known and widely respected researcher in paleontology and geology, is a Research Associate in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian. Dr. Cutler, affiliated with the Smithsonian since 1993, also works in the Smithsonian's Department of Public Programs. He is an expert in the study of fossilization.
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How could a seashell get into a rock? And how could that rock get to the top of a mountain? The 'seashell question' plagues 17th century thinkers who fervently believed the planet was young and the human race supreme.