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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is wildly clickbaity. We've known forever that mammals existed alongside dinosaurs. Calling it a "human ancestor" is a bit misleading when really it's more like a rat/cat/dog than a hominid of any kind.

[–] dojan 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah in that sense we could go all the way back to the primordial soup.

[–] brewdtype 1 points 1 year ago

RatCatDog, the sequel to CatDog.

What a fuckin’ weird show that was.