The study of fossils, a branch of biology, called as ........... was founded by Georges Cuiver.
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Ornithology
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B
Pharmacology
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C
Paleontology
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All of the above
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Solution
The correct option is D Paleontology
The study of fossils is a branch of biology called paleontology was founded by Goerges Culver. Paleontology is the scientific study of life existent prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the holocene epoch roughly 11,700 years before the present. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms evolution and interactions with each other and their environments.
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action, where a drug can be broadly defined as any man-made, natural, etc.