Jack Horner
Jack Horner
John R. "Jack" Horneris a non-degree holding American paleontologist who discovered and named Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. He is one of the best-known paleontologists in the World. In addition to his many paleontological discoveries, Horner served as the technical advisor for all of the Jurassic Park films, had a cameo appearance in Jurassic World, and even served as partial inspiration for one of the lead characters, Dr. Alan Grant. He studied...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 June 1946
CityShelby, MT
CountryUnited States of America
Mary, a former student of mine, and I just broke bones up, dug things out of them and just destroyed bones, and she's very good at that, ... Mary's discoveries produced what appeared to be blood tissues and red blood cells, very similar to what we see in modern day ostriches.
Most people looking for dinosaurs are looking for beautiful skeletons.
A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
I usually work in Montana, that's where I was born and raised and that's where there are lots of places to look, ... Right now I'm looking for animals like Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.
The chicken is a dinosaur. I mean, it really is. You can't argue with it, because we're the classifiers and we've classified it that way.
When I was growing up in Montana I had two dreams: I wanted to be a paleontologist and I wanted to have a pet dinosaur and so that's what I've been striving for all of my life.
Unfortunately, with dinosaurs, we haven't had enough specimens to determine how much variation there is within a species.
I'm trying to figure out the biology of dinosaurs and what they were like as living creatures.
I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs replace their teeth throughout their life. And T. rex replaced all of their teeth every year.
Almost all of my graduate students say that they got interested in dinosaurs because of 'Jurassic Park.'
We gave them a specimen. Unfortunately, it was just one leg, ... Now they want more.
The people in Rudyard are very, very friendly, and I think they very much enjoy having us there and we just have a generally good time there.