Researching with Peter and Chris
Featuring Peter Milot (left) & Dr. Chris Jass (right)
Assistant Curator & Curator, Quaternary (Ice Age) Palaeontology
November 30, 2011
Royal Alberta Museum
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Chris is the Curator of Quaternary Palaeontology at the Royal Alberta Museum (RAM). Chris received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in December 2007. Shortly thereafter, he accepted his current position with the RAM, moved his family to Alberta, and bought lots of cold weather gear.
Peter Milot is the Assistant Curator of Quaternary Palaeontology at the RAM. Peter has worked in the Quaternary Palaeontology Program since 1987. Chris and Peter conduct field and laboratory research in order to understand the spatial and temporal distributions of animals that lived during the Ice Age.
Part of their current research is measuring isolated mammoth teeth in the collections at the RAM to determine if dental characteristics support the hypothesis that at least two species of mammoths occurred in Alberta during the Ice Age. In this photo, Miguelito’s little green car is on top of a mammoth tooth specimen estimated to be at least 10,000 years old.
For more information on Chris, Peter, and the Quaternary Palaeontology Program at the Royal Alberta Museum see http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/palaeo/intro.htm.