Crossword-Solution: PALEONTOLOGY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Paleontology | n. | The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “PALEONTOLOGY”
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| One of Thomas Jefferson's pursuits | 1 answer |
| SCIENCE of ancient life | 1 answer |
| the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | 1 answer |
| EARTH, study of past life of the | 2 answers |
| History | 78 answers |
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Sentences with PALEONTOLOGY (5)
THE NEW SCIENCE OF PALEONTOLOGY WILLIAM SMITH AND FOSSIL SHELLS Ever since Leonardo da Vinci first recognized the true character of fossils, there had been here and there a man who realized that the earth's rocky crust is one gigantic mausoleum.
The rank and file came thus, with the aid of fossil records, to realize the import of an idea which James Hutton, and here and there another thinker, had conceived with the swift intuition of genius long before the science of paleontology came into existence.
Then, in 1809, it had been contended for by one of the early workers in systematic paleontology--Jean Baptiste Lamarck, who had studied the fossil shells about Paris while Cuvier studied the vertebrates, and who had been led by these studies to conclude that there had been not merely a rotation but a progression of life on the globe.
But in 1859 appeared a book which, though not dealing primarily with paleontology, yet contained a chapter that revealed the geological record in an altogether new light.
Considering the remarkable development of the group through the tertiary period, and its existence even later, it seems very strange that none of the species should have survived, and that we are indebted for our present horse to the Old World."(7) PALEONTOLOGY OF EVOLUTION These and such-like revelations have come to light in our own time--are, indeed, still being disclosed.
Quotes with PALEONTOLOGY (3)
It is a rule in paleontology that ornamentation and complication precede extinction. And our mutation, of which the assembly line, the collective farm, the mechanized army, and the mass production of food are evidences or even symptoms, might well correspond to the thickening armor of the great reptiles — a tendency that can end only in extinction. If this should happen to be true, nothing stemming from thought can interfere with it or bend it. Conscious thought seems to have…
In most people's minds, fossils and Evolution go hand in hand. In reality, fossils are a great embarrassment to Evolutionary theory and offer strong support for the concept of Creation. If Evolution were true, we should find literally millions of fossils that show how one kind of life slowly and gradually changed to another kind of life. But missing links are the trade secret, in a sense, of paleontology. The point is, the links are still missing. What we really find are gaps…
One of the laws of paleontology is that an animal which must protect itself with thick armour is degenerate. It is usually a sign that the species is on the road to extinction.
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Appears in: Newsday.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2006).