Palaeontology

Palaeontology or paleontology (/ˌpeɪlɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi/, /ˌpeɪlɪənˈtɒlədʒi/ or /ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi/, /ˌpælɪənˈtɒlədʒi/) is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments (their palaeoecology). Palaeontologist observations have been documented as far back as the 5th century BC. The science became established in the 18th century as a result of Georges Cuvier's work on comparative anat ...more

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology (The Rediscovered Series)
Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution
Dinosaurs Without Bones
When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
The Great Dinosaur Debate: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction
The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

Steve Brusatte
THE JURASSIC PERIOD marks the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs proper. Yes, the first true dinosaurs entered the scene at least 30 million years before the Jurassic began. But as we’ve seen, these earlier Triassic dinosaurs had not even a remote claim to being dominant. Then Pangea began to split, and the dinosaurs emerged from the ashes and found themselves with a new, much emptier world, which they proceeded to conquer. Over the first few tens of millions of years of the Jurassic, dinosaurs d ...more
Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Lee Berger
Protein is more stable than DNA over time, and so this new technology offers a fresh way to study fossils.
Lee Berger, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins

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