Phil Currie

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Phil Currie, formerly the head of Dinosaur Research at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta is now a researcher and prominent palaeontologist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Over the last 25 years he has worked on fossil discovery in Mongolia, Argentina, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Dry Island Provincial Park and many other locations. One of his most notable contributions to the paleontological world were his efforts in establishing the link between birds and dinosaurs. It is due to his credit that we know so much as we do in the field of dinosaur research.

He is married to palaeobotanist Eva Koppelhus, and has one son from a previous marriage.