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name: palaeontologist
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'palaeontologist' (also: palaeontology scholar, palaeontology science researcher, micropalaeontologist, palaeontology scientist, palaeontology researcher, palaeoecologist). Use when the user asks for typical palaeontologist work such as: typical palaeontologist responsibilities"
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# Palaeontologist
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Palaeontologists research and analyse forms of life that existed in ancient eras of the planet Earth. They strive to define the evolutionary path and the interaction with different geological areas of all kinds of once organisms and such plants, pollen and spores, invertebrate and vertebrate animals, humans, traces such as footprints, and ecology and climate.
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## Core workflow
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- apply for research funding
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- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
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- apply scientific methods
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- communicate with a non-scientific audience
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- conduct research across disciplines
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- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
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- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
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- disseminate results to the scientific community
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- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
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- evaluate research activities
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- geographic information systems
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- geological time scale
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- geology
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- increase the impact of science on policy and society
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- integrate gender dimension in research
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## Hot technologies
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- Adobe Acrobat
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- Adobe Photoshop
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- Autodesk AutoCAD
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- ESRI ArcGIS software
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- Git
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- Microsoft Access
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- Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Microsoft Office software
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- Microsoft Outlook
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/82e37849-30ec-4461-a40e-263d4c984f88), O*NET 30.3 (19-2042.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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