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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more...

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Well, time for a new spin on Jurassic Park.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Ah, so they found evidence that the thing that currently exists has been around for at least 99 million years.

Neat!