Palaeontology redirects here. For the
scientific journal, see
Palaeontology (journal). Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the study of
prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal
fossils. This includes the study of body
fossils, tracks (
ichnites),
burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised
faeces (
coprolites),
palynomorphs and chemical residues. Studies of prehistoric
hominins, their culture and their behaviour are the purview of two other disciplines,
archaeology and
paleoanthropology.
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