paleontology

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But Palin's an idiot, who thinks paleontology is a fiction made up by evil Darwinists and Jews like Spielberg in their movies.

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  1. noun The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms.

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  • We'll find out when this freak storm ends and I can call my paleontology prof at college. —  Xone of Contention
  • “Life on Earth, the family tree, what paleontology has been able to deduce of it for us,” he says pompously. —  Asimov'sSF,Dec2003
  • For instance, I have a background or interest in evolution, paleontology, anthropology, and geology. —  Blogula Rasa
  • Perhaps no early popularizer of paleontology is as celebrated as William Buckland. —  AMBL
  • One unusual example is paleontology, an academic discipline that has had to develop a methodology and tools for assessing fragmentary and often incomplete evidence, on an internationally collaborative basis, and drawing general conclusions from the evidence. —  Adrian Monck
 

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/pejlikɑnˈtɑloʊkji/
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