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'''Paleontology''' is the study of ancient life preserved as fossils. Paleontologists use fossil remains to study and understand the life of organisms better. They contain very interesting facts and knowledge about how the earth started and came to life. Fossils can also help paleontologists understand the environment around organisms as well. Fossils can also show how an organism was living when they were alive. Fossils can tell us how animals were behaving when they were alive. Paleontologists found that out from groups of skeletons around each other in one site. Paleontology did not become an actual practice until the 1800s. People started to realize that fossils could tell us how an organism lived back in the past in the 1700s. Henri Marie Ducrotay, in 1822 decided to call the study of fossils, Paleontology. One evidence that paleontologists have is that dinosaurs was with humans at the same time. There are many clear evidences that God created the world and creation did happen. for example, the age of the dinosaurs bones. The age of their bones are supposed to only be around thousands of years old and not millions. Another clear evidence is that their are fossilized human footprints next to dinosaur footprints. They concluded that dinosaurs and humans coexisted and lived on earth together. It proves that the Bible was correct because God did talk to Job about dinosaurs. One more clear evidence that creation did happen, is how the Australian Whale died. What the fossil theory says is that when animals die in the water, they tend to immediately sink. In this case though, the Australian Whale did not sink immediately. Instead the Whale was floating when it died and proved the fossil theory wrong. Paleontologists work very hard at what they do, and they're trying their best to find out the history of our amazing world!
'''Paleontology''' is the study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric times, chiefly by studying the [[fossils]] of [[plants]], [[animals]], and other organisms. A '''paleontologist''' is a scientist who studies aspects such as morphology, behavior, and how ancient life interacted with their environment.


== Paleontology ==
Paleontology is based on [[uniformitarian geology]], which holds that there has been no [[Biblical flood]], but instead it is believed the layers of strata represent vast [[geologic ages]]. Based on this assumption, paleontologists examine and characterize fossils.
 
Within paleontology, there are branches and areas of specializations based on the particular type of organism. The study of prehistoric humans is known as [[Paleoanthropology]], animal paleontology is [[Paleozoology]], and the branch which studies ancient plants is called [[Paleobotany]].
 
Paleontologists are often incorrectly referred to as [[Archaeology|archaeologists]], because of public perception regarding similarities in techniques (i.e., both "dig in the dirt for old things").  There is somewhat of a blurring between archaeology and paleoanthropology, and even more so between paleoanthropology and some branches of paleozoology.
 
== Practice ==
[[File:Hadr.jpg|left|thumb|125px|A hadrosaur skeleton]]
[[File:Hadr.jpg|left|thumb|125px|A hadrosaur skeleton]]
How Paleontologists incorporate their knowledge is from biology, geology, archeology and computer science. Those four subjects help them understand the processes of how the world came to be. Paleontology is not just the study of fossils though, Paleontologists can also study the human body, vertebrate and invertebrate fossils. Paleontology is much more than just the study of fossils. They study a lot of interesting subjects and they work hard to find clues about the history of our world. <ref> [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/paleowhat.html/ Paleontology] ''UCMP''. Web. Unknown Author. December 2018.</ref>Paleontology is the study of fossils. They use the fossil remains to better understand the life of organisms. Fossils will contain some interesting knowledge about organisms life and the environment around it. Fossils can show how an organism lived. For example, Amber is a Harden fossilized tree resin. Resin is a sticky substance made by plants. Resin are very sticky and they were able to trap air bubbles. Once scientists were able to analyze the air, they could tell that there were volcano eruptions nearby. Also, fossils can tell us the behavior of an animal. An example could be that paleontologists observed that hadrosaurs lived in bug herds, because there were more than 10,000 skeletons in one site. <ref> [https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/paleontology/ Paleontology] ''NationalGeographic''. Web. Unknown author. November, 2018.</ref>
How Paleontologists incorporate their knowledge is from biology, geology, archeology and computer science. Those four subjects help them understand the processes of how the world came to be. Paleontology is not just the study of fossils though, Paleontologists can also study the human body, vertebrate and invertebrate fossils. Paleontology is much more than just the study of fossils. They study a lot of interesting subjects and they work hard to find clues about the history of our world. <ref> [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/paleowhat.html/ Paleontology] ''UCMP''. Web. Unknown Author. December 2018.</ref>Paleontology is the study of fossils. They use the fossil remains to better understand the life of organisms. Fossils will contain some interesting knowledge about organisms life and the environment around it. Fossils can show how an organism lived. For example, Amber is a Harden fossilized tree resin. Resin is a sticky substance made by plants. Resin are very sticky and they were able to trap air bubbles. Once scientists were able to analyze the air, they could tell that there were volcano eruptions nearby. Also, fossils can tell us the behavior of an animal. An example could be that paleontologists observed that hadrosaurs lived in bug herds, because there were more than 10,000 skeletons in one site. <ref> [https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/paleontology/ Paleontology] ''NationalGeographic''. Web. Unknown author. November, 2018.</ref>
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[[File:Historypaleontology.jpg|left|thumb|125px|The history of animals paleontologists study]]
[[File:Historypaleontology.jpg|left|thumb|125px|The history of animals paleontologists study]]
Paleontology started quite a while ago. Paleontology started and became an official practice in the 1800s.  It wasn't until the 1700s that people started to realize that fossils were able to give information to people about their history and the environment around the organism. Also, in the 1700s, Paleontologists were able to realize that fossils began to prove that animals were alive long ago and then became extinct. Then, in the 1800s, there were many advancements in Paleontology and they began to put their studies and information into museums for everyone to see. In 1822, Henri Marie Ducrotay decided to name the studies of fossils, Paleontology. Since then, Paleontologists are still continuing to figure out and learning more and more about the earth's history. <ref> Hamilton Jason [http://scienceviews.com/dinosaurs/paleontology.html/ Paleontology] ''ScienceViews''. Web. November 2018. </ref>
Paleontology started quite a while ago. Paleontology started and became an official practice in the 1800s.  It wasn't until the 1700s that people started to realize that fossils were able to give information to people about their history and the environment around the organism. Also, in the 1700s, Paleontologists were able to realize that fossils began to prove that animals were alive long ago and then became extinct. Then, in the 1800s, there were many advancements in Paleontology and they began to put their studies and information into museums for everyone to see. In 1822, Henri Marie Ducrotay decided to name the studies of fossils, Paleontology. Since then, Paleontologists are still continuing to figure out and learning more and more about the earth's history. <ref> Hamilton Jason [http://scienceviews.com/dinosaurs/paleontology.html/ Paleontology] ''ScienceViews''. Web. November 2018. </ref>
== Evidence ==
[[File:Dinofootprint.jpg ‎|left|thumb|150px|Dinosaur footprint]]
There are many evidences from Paleontologists that God created the world and that Creation was how the world started.. An example could be dinosaurs. Paleontology experts believe that Dinosaurs roamed the earth with humans. They have evidence because they have seen bones from dinosaurs long ago. They have come to the conclusion that the bones are not even millions of years old and that they are only thousands of years old. They have many clear evidences that dinosaurs lived a thousand years ago because of their bones. A clear evidence that humans have roamed the earth with dinosaurs is that paleontologists have discovered that there are human footprints next to dinosaur footprints. There was fossilized human footprints that paleontologists were studying. The conclusion for Paleontologists is that humans and dinosaurs coexisted and roamed the earth with each other before dinosaurs were extinct. This also proves that evolution did not happen because dinosaurs were supposed to be alive way earlier than humans if evolution were true. In the Bible, God names of some dinosaurs to Job, so we do know that dinosaurs and humans were both alive at the same time during the Biblical times.<ref>[https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/evidence/paleontological/ Paleontological Evidence] ''Genesis Park''. Web. Unknown Author. November 2018. </ref> Another example that Creation happened instead of evolution is, the Australia Whale story. The whale contradicted the whole fossil theory. The fossil theory goes like this, a Dinosaur dies in the water and sinks. The dinosaur then lies down on it's back and the bones are still in place. Lastly, the bones are covered by the sediment. How the Australian Whale destroys this theory is that, it proves that animals don't immediately sink when they die. Instead the animals float when they are dead. The fossil theory thinks that when animals die, they automatically sink but they do not. That is how the Whale contradicts the fossil theory. <ref> Walker, Tas [https://creation.com/whale-explodes-fossil-theory/ Whale explodes fossil theory] ''Creation.com''. December 2018. </ref>


== Paleoanthropology ==
== Paleoanthropology ==
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