paleontology

     

Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: παλαιό (palaeo), "ol, ancient"; όν (on), "being"; and logos, "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised faeces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Studies of prehistoric hominins, their culture and their behaviour are the purview of two other disciplines, archaeology and paleoanthropology.

Trivia about paleontology

  • From the Greek meaning "study of ancient existence", it's the study of prehistoric plants & animals from fossil remains
  • Often associated with archaeology, it's the study of fossils
  • Science of fossils(12)
  • Many of the fossils at the Peabody Museum were found by O.C. Marsh, the USA's first professor of this
  • The study of fossils, as from a T-rex
  • The Royal Tyrrell Museum of this -ology has 35 complete dinosaur skeletons

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