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n. - The branch of the study of organisms and their environments that studies ancient organisms and their environments.

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  • I spend most of my day looking at pollen for the purposes of palaeoecology so this is a little out of my field of expertise.
  • Fortunately, Alvarenga & Höfling (2003) looked at phorusrhacids anew and reviewed all the taxa, providing information on historical taxonomy, palaeoecology, and...
  • Its name commemorates Voli Voli Cave (one of the discovery sites) and Atholl Anderson, well known for his many contributions to the prehistory and palaeoecology of...
  • They demonstrate the close interconnection between landforms and paedogenesis, palaeochemistry, climatology, archaeology, archaeomagnetism, radio-carbon dating,...
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