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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more...

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Scientists Found a 520-Million-Year-Old Miracle: a Fossil With Brains and Guts Intact (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think I can make out Sadaam Hussein in the bottom right diagram.

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[–] derpgon@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Every species has their own version of Sadaam

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[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Don't tell the Americans or they'll bomb the poor fossil.

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