Question

Who looks for dinosaur bones?

Answer 1

Palaeontologists:

1. Palaeontology is the study of fossils and the evolution of life on earth.
2. It is one of the historical sciences that aims to describe the phenomenon of the past and reconstruct the causes.
3. It lies between biology and geology.
4. Palaeontologists are scientists who look not just for dinosaur bones, but fossils of other extinct organisms as well.
5. Palaeontology has specialised divisions- vertebrate palaeontology, invertebrate palaeontology, palaeobotany and palynology.
6. Vertebrate palaeontology deals with the study of fossils of vertebrates.
7. Invertebrate palaeontology deals with the study of invertebrate fossils such as molluscs, echinoderms, annelids and arthropods.
8. Thus, a palaeontologist is the one who looks for dinosaur bones.