GENERAL GEOLOGY

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). Trace fossils are another kind of fossil.

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: -A paleontologist is a scientist who studies fossils.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mary Anning was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector. Her lifetime was a constellation of firsts. Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, in the southwest English county of Dorset. Lyme Regis is now part of what is now called the Jurassic Coast, and discoveries are still being made to this day.

Detailed explanation-5: -Paleontologists study fossils to help understand the evolution and the history of life on Earth. Fossils also tell us about ancient ecosystems and climates, and how climate change can affect life.