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Quaternary Paleoecology
Quaternary paleoecology news, blogs, and links. Paleoecology uses information from fossils or subfossils to reconstruct the ecosystems of the past. Most paleoecological studies focus on the Quaternary period (the last 2 million years... [more]
Quaternary paleoecology news, blogs, and links. Paleoecology uses information from fossils or subfossils to reconstruct the ecosystems of the past. Most paleoecological studies focus on the Quaternary period (the last 2 million years) because of the robust fossil record from this period.
When most people hear the word fossil , they think of dinosaur bones, petrified wood or the shells of clams, corals and snails common in the rocks around Columbus. Those are examples of what paleontologists call "body fossils," or the preserved parts of prehistoric organisms.
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