THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HUMAN ARTIFACTS WITH FOSSIL MAMMALS IN NORTH AMERICA

Science ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 95 (2467) ◽  
pp. 380-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. A. MONTAGU
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Fossil Mammals

W. D. Matthew's Early Western Field Trips

1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-44
Author(s):  
Edwin Colbert
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Vertebrate Paleontology ◽  
Western North America ◽  
American Museum ◽  
Fossil Mammals ◽  
Henry Fairfield Osborn

William Diller Matthew, who entered Columbia College in 1891 with the avowed intention of becoming a mining geologist, was influenced by Henry Fairfield Osborn to change his interests to vertebrate paleontology. In 1895 Osborn hired Matthew as assistant curator at the American Museum of Natural History, where he began his lifelong studies of fossil mammals. In line with his chosen field of research, Matthew made a series of collecting trips to western North America, from 1897 to 1908, devoted largely to the accumulation of fossil mammals, thus establishing a basis for much of his research.

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