GEOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
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to make note of additional facts about paleontology that are indirectly related to the other sections but may be of interest to readers
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to elaborate on historical information provided in other sections about ancient people’s mistaken understanding of fossils
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to refine the idea that evolutionary biology has had important effects on the other subdisciplines of paleontology in the article
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to introduce problems that the field of paleontology experienced in its earliest years of existence not mentioned in the article
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Detailed explanation-1: -GOALS OF PALEONTOLOGY Paleontology has essentially three basic goals: (1) to describe the world’s past biodiversity; (2) to outline the history of life on earth; and (3) to develop new ideas about evolution and ecology.
Detailed explanation-2: -Paleontological resources, or fossils, are any evidence of past life preserved in geologic context. They are a tangible connection to life, landscapes, and climates of the past. They show us how life, landscapes, and climate have changed over time and how living things responded to those changes.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Fossils provide important evidence for evolution and the adaptation of plants and animals to their environments. Fossil evidence provides a record of how creatures evolved and how this process can be represented by a ‘tree of life’, showing that all species are related to each other.