Paleobiology

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The study of ancient life forms and the environment in which they lived, which is important in understanding the evolution and diversity of life on Earth.

"Paleobiology is an interdisciplinary field that combines the methods and findings found in both the earth sciences and the life sciences."
"Paleobiology is not to be confused with geobiology, which focuses more on the interactions between the biosphere and the physical Earth."
"Paleobiological research uses biological field research of current biota and of fossils millions of years old to answer questions about the molecular evolution and the evolutionary history of life."
"Macrofossils, microfossils, and trace fossils are typically analyzed."
"The 21st-century biochemical analysis of DNA and RNA samples offers much promise."
"The biometric construction of phylogenetic trees offers much promise."
"To answer questions about the molecular evolution and the evolutionary history of life."
"An investigator in this field is known as a paleobiologist."
"Paleobiological research uses fossils millions of years old to answer questions about the evolutionary history of life."
"Geobiology focuses more on the interactions between the biosphere and the physical Earth."
"Macrofossils, microfossils, and trace fossils are typically analyzed."
"The 21st-century biochemical analysis of DNA and RNA samples offers much promise."
"Paleobiological research uses biological field research of current biota."
"The biometric construction of phylogenetic trees offers much promise."
"Paleobiology is not to be confused with geobiology, which focuses more on the interactions between the biosphere and the physical Earth."
"Paleobiology aims to answer questions about the evolutionary history of life."
"Paleobiological research uses biological field research of current biota and of fossils millions of years old."
"Macrofossils, microfossils, and trace fossils are typically analyzed."
"The 21st-century biochemical analysis of DNA and RNA samples offers much promise."
"An investigator in this field is known as a paleobiologist."