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- Dictionarypa·le·on·tol·o·gy/ˌpālēˌənˈtäləjē/
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- 1. the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.
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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch. It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their paleoecology). Paleontological observations have been documented as far back as the 5th century BC. The science became establ... Wikipedia