Paleontologists come up with hypotheses about the fossil life found in rock from observations of bone, claws, teeth, size, footprints, etc. These hypotheses can be tested through observation and camparison, microscopic analysis, chemical analysis, kind of formation they're found in and so on. When a consensus of opinion is achieved on a hypothesis, it is considered a theory, until a better provable hypothesis comes along. It's the scientific method. Paleontologists are considered scientists in research of the fossil life record.
Geology is the branch of science that includes the study of rocks, while paleontology is the branch that focuses on the study of fossils.
Bulletins of American Paleontology was created in 1895.
Any aspect of biology is attributable to paleontology. From my point of view, a paleontologist is really just a biologist who looks at rocks. Since all of the major extant taxa can trace their lineage back to the Cambrian radiation, modern biology is extremely useful when trying to reconstruct the ecology of extinct organisms. The rocks and fossils can only tell us so much, so often modern organisms are used to draw analogies to extinct organisms. The "type" of biology you would use for paleontological study really depends on the organisms you are looking at. Most paleontologists deal with invertebrate fossils, and as a result they usually have a pretty good handle on invertebrate biology. Conversely, if you want to study dinosaurs, you would need a good background in vertebrate zoology and probably anatomy as well. Evolutionary biology and systematics are also incredibly helpful to the paleontologist, too.
Evolution is the process by which species change and adapt over time, while paleontology is the study of prehistoric life through the analysis of fossils. Evolution examines how species develop and diversify, while paleontology focuses on reconstructing the history of life on Earth by studying ancient organisms and their environments. Both fields are closely related, as paleontological discoveries provide crucial evidence for evolutionary theories.
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Earth Science is what paleontology is.
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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The part of Paleontology referring to dinosaurs.The science of dinosaurs.
Paleontology, Astronomy
Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology, History of Science
Paleontologist is the name for someone who studies fossils palentology is the science
Paleontologist is a noun (a person). The related noun is paleontology (a science).
Cranbrook Institute of Science teaches science such as Paleontology and Geology. You can learn more about this institute at the official Cranbrook Edu website.