palaeontologist

Palaeontologists research and analyse forms of life that existed in ancient eras of the planet Earth. They strive to define the evolutionary path and the interaction with different geological areas of all kinds of once organisms and such plants, pollen and spores, invertebrate and vertebrate animals, humans, traces such as footprints, and ecology and climate.

The most in-demand skills for this role include geographic information systems, scientific literature, geological time scale, geology, paleontology, scientific modelling. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives palaeontologist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.