paleontology
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USspelling ofpalaeontology
paleontology
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scienceUSspecialized(also mainlyUKpalaeontology)uk/ˌpæl.i.ənˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/us/ˌpæl.i.ənˈtɑː.lə.dʒi/thestudyoffossilsas a way of gettinginformationabout thehistoryoflifeonearthand thestructureofrocks
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paleontology
noun[U]
us/ˌpeɪ·li·ənˈtɑl·ə·dʒi,ˌpæl·i-/earth science
thescientificstudyoforganismsthatlivedonearthbefore there were writtenrecords,esp. byexaminingfossils
paleontologist
noun[C]earth scienceus/ˌpeɪ·li·ənˈtɑl·ə·dʒɪst,ˌpæl·i-/
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Within the context of astrobiology, students explore topics including astronomy, evolution,paleontology, biology, earth science, physics, chemistry, geology, and remote sensing.
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Combining embryology andpaleontology: origins of the anterior- posterior axis in echinoids.
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Their celebrated friendship, which later became a bitter rivalry, remains inseparable from the conceptual foundations of the anatomical sciences, including comparative anatomy andpaleontology.
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Although fields such aspaleontologyand archaeology provide the familiar examples, historical hypotheses are also common in geology, biology, planetary science, astronomy, and astrophysics.
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What defined the modern scientific practice ofpaleontologywas to create precise stratigraphic records following certain conventions and instructions as settled by those who commissioned the expeditions.
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Fossil collecting, as practiced by amateurs, is the predecessor of modernpaleontologyand many still collect fossils and study fossils as amateurs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The study of pollen is called palynology and is highly useful in paleoecology,paleontology, archeology, and forensics.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Scientific results of the expedition covered meteorology, oceanography, terrestrial magnetism, glaciology, physical geography, botany, geology,paleontology, ethnology and aurora observations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was the first of some 120 papers on geology,paleontologyand human prehistory he would publish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since then, however, it has been employed in various research areas of dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine,paleontologyand anthropology.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The synthesis drew together ideas from several branches of biology which had become separated, particularly genetics, cytology, systematics, botany, morphology, ecology andpaleontology.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Permits are strictly issued only for specific scientific research in the field ofpaleontology, paleoclimate, geology, geomorphology, glaciology, biology and limnology.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The major subdivisions ofpaleontologyinclude paleozoology (animals), paleobotany (plants) and micropaleontology (microfossils).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The center has a collection of 5.7 million specimens in the disciplines ofpaleontology, geology, biology, herpetology, ichthyology and entomology.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Much research in several important science disciplines, including economics, political science, geology,paleontology, ecology, meteorology, and astronomy, relies on quasi-experiments.
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