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).

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: -noun. a scientist who specializes in the study of life forms that existed in previous geologic periods, as represented by their fossils:The education program manager for the museum has worked as a paleontologist, digging up dinosaur bones in Wyoming.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Paleontology breaks down to the Greek for “ancient” (paleo), “being” (onto-), and “study” (-logy). A paleontologist tries to figure out how things were in ancient times by studying their remains in fossil traces.