Paleontology is the study of the history of the Earth, generally the ancient history, prior to the existence of the human race. Petrology is the study of rocks. Since most rocks are very old, there is some overlap between these two subjects.
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The science that deals with Earth's history of rocks is called geology. There are geologists that study rocks for a living.
The scientific study or rocks and rock forming minerals is known as petrology. It is a sub branch of geology.
His area of study was petrology. Another great example sentence would be, she was going to school to study petrology.
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Paleontology
The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology., A treatise on petrology.
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Geology or Petrology
Paleontology is the study of ancient life.
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Earth Science is what paleontology is.
Geology is the history of the earth or other planets, their constituent materials, and the forces that went into their creation. Paleontology is the study of fossil forms of life and their relationship to geology and geologic time periods.
Basically in the science of paleontology, which is part of earth science. Dinosaurs are extinct, unless you count birds, so paleontology covers this. Some paleontologists like to be called paleobiologists these days.
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Paleontology.