Articles for author: Sameen David

Preserving Scientific Intuition in a Digital Age

Why Some Paleontologists Still Use Clay to Visualize Skeletons

In the gleaming halls of modern paleontology labs, surrounded by 3D printers and digital reconstruction software, something remarkable happens. A paleontologist carefully rolls clay between their fingers, shapes it around ancient bones, and suddenly a 65-million-year-old creature begins to take form. While technology has revolutionized fossil study, clay remains an irreplaceable tool that connects scientists ...