0 US spelling of palaeontology
1 the scientific study of organisms that lived on earth before there were written records, esp. by examining fossils
Within the context of astrobiology, students explore topics including astronomy, evolution, paleontology, biology, earth science, physics, chemistry, geology, and remote sensing.
Combining embryology and paleontology: origins of the anterior- posterior axis in echinoids.
Their celebrated friendship, which later became a bitter rivalry, remains inseparable from the conceptual foundations of the anatomical sciences, including comparative anatomy and paleontology.
Although fields such as paleontology and archaeology provide the familiar examples, historical hypotheses are also common in geology, biology, planetary science, astronomy, and astrophysics.
What defined the modern scientific practice of paleontology was to create precise stratigraphic records following certain conventions and instructions as settled by those who commissioned the expeditions.
Fossil collecting, as practiced by amateurs, is the predecessor of modern paleontology and many still collect fossils and study fossils as amateurs.
The study of pollen is called palynology and is highly useful in paleoecology, paleontology, archeology, and forensics.
Scientific results of the expedition covered meteorology, oceanography, terrestrial magnetism, glaciology, physical geography, botany, geology, paleontology, ethnology and aurora observations.
