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n. - A branch of of the study of human fossils that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms.

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  • “This is true palaeobiology, as we can study and measure how these animals functioned as if they were alive today.”
  • Brasier, professor of palaeobiology at Oxford University, shows how research over the past
  • Simon Conway Morris, a professor of evolutionary palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge, offered a contrasting view.
  • "We believe we can discover how the flocculus has evolved to deal with different flying abilities, giving us new information about when birds first evolved the power of...
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