GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -In short, paleontology is the study of what fossils tell us about the ecologies of the past, about evolution, and about our place, as humans, in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -To find fossils, paleontologists first carry out an operation called prospecting, which involves hiking while keeping one’s eyes focused on the ground in hopes of finding fragments of fossils on the surface.