Paleontology is the study of prehistoric life through fossils. The people that study paleontology are known as paleontologists. The two sciences that are most closely linked to paleontology are biology and geology. There are also different branches of Paleontology. There's Paleozoology, which deals with all animals living in ancient times, except humans, Micropaleontology, which studies microscopic prehistoric organisms, Paleobotany, which looks at prehistoric plants, Invertebrate Paleontology, which studies prehistoric invertebrates, and Vertebrate Paleontology, which, you guessed it, deals with prehistoric vertebrates.

Why is paleontology important? Are we just wasting our time studying things that existed millions of years ago? Well, why do you take history in school? By understanding past events, we can understand the present better. By knowing what certain species evolved from, we can classify them better, because we can classify them better, we can know more about them... The chain goes on and on. There are many other uses for paleontology, a lot of them having to do with The Theory Of Evolution.

Besides, we are humans, and one of the things that set us apart from other species is that we need to know, we need to study things and classify things, and we need to understand our world. After all, where would we be if we didn't? Don't expect me to sum up all of paleontology in this section, that is what I built this site for, you have to click on all the links to learn more. (enjoy, it took me a hell of a time to figure out the JavaScript)

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