GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Paleontologists have recovered and studied the fossil remains of many thousands of organisms that lived in the past.

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 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-4: -Paleontology has a very long history, with scholars in ancient Greece and China recognizing that fossil remains were of organisms that no longer exist. A scientist named George Cuvier in the 1800s was the first to conduct the scientific study of fossils and is considered the founder of paleontology.