Donald R. Prothero is a paleontology and geology researcher, teacher and author. He is an adjunct professor of geological sciences at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. His Columbia University Press books include "The Story of Earth's Climate in 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life" (2024) and "The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It" (2020).
