Dr David Waterhouse is a palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist and illustrator. He is Curator of the Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. He previously spent sixteen years at Norfolk Museums Service as Senior Curator of Natural History and Geology. He co-created Norfolk’s ‘Deep History Coast’ project and (along with Dr John A. Davies) wrote ‘Exploring Norfolk’s Deep History Coast’ (2023). David was lead author and editor of ‘The Wonder of Birds: Nature, Art, Culture’ (2014). His excavation experience includes the oldest archaeological site in northern Europe at Happisburgh in Norfolk, a complete ichthyosaur in Whitby, North Yorkshire, and a Tyrannosaurus rex in Montana, USA.
