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Palaeontology   Listen
noun
palaeontology  n.  The branch of archeology that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
Synonyms: paleontology, fossilology.





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"Palaeontology" Quotes from Famous Books



... exists in that application of the principles of biology to the interpretation of the animal and vegetable remains imbedded in the rocks which compose the surface of the globe, which is called Palaeontology. ...
— On the Method of Zadig - Essay #1 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" • Thomas Henry Huxley
... of the Geological and Palaeontological Institute of Berlin University, says, "Man appeared suddenly in the Quaternary period. Palaeontology tells us nothing on the subject,—it knows nothing of the ancestors ...
— The Evolution Of Man Scientifically Disproved • William A. Williams


Words linked to "Palaeontology" :   paleobiology, palaeontological, palaeobiology, frill, palaeontologist, micropaleontology, paleontology, vertebrate paleontology, fossilology


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