Paleontology

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Paleontology or Palaeontology is the study of fossils such as those of prehistoric animals (in the study called Paleozoology) and plants (in the study called Paleobotany). A fossil is any kind of life that is more than ten thousand years old and preserved in any form so we can study it today. Some palaeontologists study fossils of microorganisms, living things that are too small to see without a microscope, while other palaeontologists study fossils of giant dinosaurs.