Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan

thumb|Anusuya_Chinsamy-Turan,_West_Coast_Fossil_Park_tour Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan is a South African vertebrate paleontologist known for her expertise and developments in the study of the microstructure of fossil teeth and bones of extinct and extant vertebrates. Quotes I’m a paleontologist, and a biologist. The particular area that I work in is called paleobiology. I use my understanding of bone structures of modern animals to make extrapolations to the fossil record. When fossils are found, people try to identify and understand the fossil itself. But my research goes beyond that. I want to try and understand something about the animal when it was living — how long did it take to grow, what kind of factors affected its growth, did it have any disease, was it male or female. My second book is called . This book is about is the history of life on earth from a perspective of the African continent. It’s like a big picture story. The book was aimed at the high school level but can also be enjoyed equally by adults.One of my very big interests is to promote science through different platforms. Kids have so much information about the prehistoric world, it is unreal. They know the geological time, they know about predators and prey and the names of so many dinosaurs. South Africa certainly has unique issues. As you know, our country has the legacy of the apartheid. So for me, as an Indian woman, growing up in South Africa meant that there were certain restrictions — which universities I could attend, what I could do. If you look at the numbers of black women in science in South Africa Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan talks about herself and her profession I often work with the Association for South African Women in Science and Engineering and I’m very involved in trying to promote and encourage young people to come into science Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan on some of her works External links Category:Biologists from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1967 births Category:Women academics from South Africa Category:Women scientists from South Africa Category:Educators from South Africa Category:Women born in the 1960s