Question

Define Palaeontology. Describe its branches.

Answer 1

Paleontology seeks information about several aspects of past organisms: "their identity and origin, their environment and evolution, and what they can tell us about the Earth's organic and inorganic past".

Answer 2

The scientific study of fossils is called Paleontology . Branches of palentology is paleobotany, paleozoology , paleoecology, paleobiology, polynology, micropaleontology, and icnology.