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paleontology

noun as in archaeology

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They’re just really intricate features that most people outside of paleontology aren’t interested in.

In 2015, our research brought me a revelation that my colleagues in marine biology and paleontology and I are still sorting out today.

Let’s take another look, as modern paleoanthropologists have, at the Taung child’s skull, one of paleontology’s most famous fossils, the remains of a child from the species, Australopithecus africanus, discovered in 1924.

Hidden in the rolling hills, hours from the nearest big city, Ashfall is one of the world’s premier paleontology sites.

According to Julien Louys—associate professor of paleontology at Griffiths University in Australia and an author of the new research—the question of what caused the death of the world's megafauna dates back to the 19th century.

And if the fossils go to a private collector, they are effectively lost to paleontology and the public for good.

He draws evidence from genetics, geography, paleontology, anatomy, and elsewhere.

It relies on the facts of paleontology, and fills up the gaps in this by comparative anatomy and ontogeny.

The three most valuable sources of evidence in phylogeny are paleontology, comparative anatomy, and ontogeny.

But Paleontology is only one branch of the subject, and many others your survey has equally fostered.

A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado.

The question had implications far beyond the bounds of paleontology, of course.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to paleontology, such as: excavation, paleology, prehistory, antiquarianism, and paleohistory.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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