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Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geologic time, and assess the interactions between prehistoric organisms and their natural environment. While paleontological observations are known…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paleontology | is a | evolutionary science | 0.90 | text |
| Paleontology | is a | study of how evolutionary pressure impacts the ability of single individuals to survive over others | 0.90 | text |
| Paleontology | is a | study of fossil invertebrates | 0.90 | text |
| the evolution | instance of | paleontological events | 0.80 | text |
| extinction | instance of | paleontological events | 0.80 | text |
| or speciation of a taxon can be established at a point in time | instance of | paleontological events | 0.80 | text |
| and features such as mass extinctions can be identified.ExtinctionFossils have been documented from at least as far back as Ancient Greece | instance of | paleontological events | 0.80 | text |
| the Greek philosopher Empedocles who thought that fossils may have come from organic life that had undergone change | instance of | There are exceptions | 0.80 | text |
| but this was the exception | instance of | There are exceptions | 0.80 | text |
| Cuvier thought that intermediate forms required would have been unable to survive | instance of | while critics | 0.80 | text |
| so rejected the possibility of evolution outright | instance of | while critics | 0.80 | text |
| and features such as mass extinctions can be identified | instance of | paleontological events | 0.80 | text |
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