Palaeontology
noun
The study of fossils to learn about life in the past.
My brother is studying palaeontology because he's fascinated by the history of life on Earth.
Often appears as...
- study of palaeontology
- palaeontology department
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Academic
noun
The study of fossils to learn about life in the past.
My brother is studying palaeontology because he's fascinated by the history of life on Earth.
Often appears as...
- study of palaeontology
- palaeontology department
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Palaeontology is an academic discipline, often taught in universities and researched by scientists.
She's presenting her palaeontology thesis next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Pronunciation
Pronounced 'pay-lee-on-tol-uh-jee', stressing the third syllable 'on'.
Can you help me with this palaeontology assignment?
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Life
The focus of palaeontology is on life forms that existed in the past, not current species.
The palaeontology lecture covered dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Palaeontology is an academic discipline, often taught in universities and researched by scientists.
She's presenting her palaeontology thesis next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Pronunciation
Pronounced 'pay-lee-on-tol-uh-jee', stressing the third syllable 'on'.
Can you help me with this palaeontology assignment?
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Life
The focus of palaeontology is on life forms that existed in the past, not current species.
The palaeontology lecture covered dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Palaeontology is an academic discipline, often taught in universities and researched by scientists.
She's presenting her palaeontology thesis next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Pronunciation
Pronounced 'pay-lee-on-tol-uh-jee', stressing the third syllable 'on'.
Can you help me with this palaeontology assignment?
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Life
The focus of palaeontology is on life forms that existed in the past, not current species.
The palaeontology lecture covered dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period.
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Quote examples
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
The number of known human fossils only increases slowly. But the manner of regarding and assessing them is capable of progressing rapidly, as indeed it does. In the absence of any absolutely sensational discovery in prehistory, there is an up-to-date and scientific manner of understanding man, which is solidly based on palaeontology.
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Jean M. Auel
American Writer
Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
The history of palaeontology is littered with examples of famous frauds and fakes, often with eminent researchers in the field being thoroughly hoodwinked by some fairly shoddy fabrications.
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Greg Graffin
American Musician
I got interested in palaeontology and vertebrate history - sparked by books on human evolution - then vertebrate evolution. Studying with palaeontologists kindled my interest in fieldwork.
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Penelope Lively
English Author
I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past.
Quote examples
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
The number of known human fossils only increases slowly. But the manner of regarding and assessing them is capable of progressing rapidly, as indeed it does. In the absence of any absolutely sensational discovery in prehistory, there is an up-to-date and scientific manner of understanding man, which is solidly based on palaeontology.
Quote examples
Jean M. Auel
American Writer
Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics.
Quote examples
Alice Roberts
English Scientist
The history of palaeontology is littered with examples of famous frauds and fakes, often with eminent researchers in the field being thoroughly hoodwinked by some fairly shoddy fabrications.
Quote examples
Greg Graffin
American Musician
I got interested in palaeontology and vertebrate history - sparked by books on human evolution - then vertebrate evolution. Studying with palaeontologists kindled my interest in fieldwork.
Quote examples
Penelope Lively
English Author
I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past.
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