Question

Palaeontology is the study of?
1. Bones
2. Primates
3. Fossils
4. Birds

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Fossils

The correct answer is Fossils.

• Palaeontology is the study of the history of life on Earth as based on fossils.
• Fossils are the remains of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and single-celled living things that have been replaced by rock material or impressions of organisms preserved in rock. 
• Palaeontology is the scientific study of the life of the geologic past that involves the analysis of plant and animal fossils, including those of microscopic size, preserved in rocks.

• Osteology is the study of Bones.
• Primatology is the scientific study of primates.
• The study of Birds is known as Ornithology.
• The study of plants is known as Botany.