Re: 85 million-year-old dinosaur skull found in Japan

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, franklin e. bliss wrote:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUST26647120071013
>
> And I quote the article......
>
> "The fossil was found in February 2004 by an amateur expert, but only
> identified as the skull of a hadrosaurid after a delicate cleaning process."
>
> I am trying to figure out what an amateur expert is???   I do know a few 
> expert amateurs.  Must be the translation.

Um, an amateur expert is one who is not getting paid ;)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amateur

a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure 
rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons
...
A person who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a 
pastime rather than as a profession.
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