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PALEONTOLOGY

a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains

The meaning of the word paleontology is a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains.

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premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
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lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
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