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What is paleontology?

What is paleontology? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.
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Conodonts have been known for almost as long as there has been paleontology, but their peculiar dentition was all that was known of the group.
It could become a much more attractive advertisement for paleontology and for the Society.
Not only is phylogeny important for understanding paleontology, but paleontology in turn contributes to phylogeny.
A combination of displays related to paleontology, archeology, geology and history seems to hold some promise as a theme for the weekend.
However, paleontology as a whole encompasses all life, from bacteria to whales.
Although paleontology plays a large role in the novel, Swanwick seems to be more concerned with cause-and-effect, paradoxes, and predeterminism.

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