AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A paleontologist is a scientist who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record. Fossils are the evidence of past life on the planet and can include those formed from animal bodies or their imprints (body fossils).

Detailed explanation-2: -Palaeontologists actually study all fossilised past life. That can include everything from corals and shellfish to fishes and mammals. It’s not just animals either, palaeontologists also study ancient plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -paleontology, also spelled palaeontology, scientific study of life of the geologic past that involves the analysis of plant and animal fossils, including those of microscopic size, preserved in rocks.

Detailed explanation-4: -paleontologist A scientist who specializes in studying fossils, the remains of ancient organisms. paleontology The branch of science concerned with ancient, fossilized animals and plants. The scientists who study them are known as paleontologists.

Detailed explanation-5: -Meaning of palaeontologist in English. someone who studies fossils as a way of getting information about the history of life on Earth: No palaeontologist has any clue as to what a living dinosaur actually looked like. Palaeontologists can now look inside fossils without damaging them.