The Silence of the Clams...
The title is a little pun that the leader of the research group stumbled upon. The very first time that we talked to the press about this stuff, the next day in one of the Tucson newspapers, this title shows up as the title of the article. We really felt scooped because we thought this was so clever. That's one of the first things that I should do, is to acknowledge and introduce my collaborators on this project. We're a fairly large and fairly diverse group and these are just some of the people involved in the main group. There's Drs. Karl Flessa and David Dettman at the University of Arizona and two graduate students, Carly Rodriguez and David Goodwin. These people, along with myself, form the core of the group.
Then there's Glen Goodfriend, formerly of the Carnegie Institute in Washington. We'll talk about some of the work that he does for us later on. It's so important. And Dr. Miguel Telez-Duarte at the University in Ensenada. Miguel to me has been an inspiration. When I talk about the field work a little bit later, just bear in mind that when I describe the environment, I've come close to dying there twice. And Miguel has essentially been my inspiration to continue living, surviving long enough to get back to civilization, if you will.
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