Didier Dutheil
Didier was born in Paris and grew up on his grandfather and mother’s farm in the center of France. As a child, he enjoyed turning over rocks to discover the life underneath. Before he moved to Paris at the age of eight, his grandfather and mother gave him a cow named Margueritte as a present.

Now he likes philosophy and speaking with people to exchange ideas about life. He is currently studying for his Ph.D. at the Paris Museum of Natural History, and also writes and produces documentaries. He is committed with Paul in a program to conserve and protect fossil vertebrates in Niger.

Previously, Didier has traveled with Paul to Niger three times, and also to Brazil in 1996, Morocco in 1995, and India in 2001. He is looking forward to learning about the paleoenvironment of the dinosaurs of Niger, and also to looking for things that are different from dinosaurs.