paleobotany
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Vocabulary lists containing paleobotany
Paleontology - High School
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"It was truly surprising to find these fossils," says Héctor Palma-Castro, a paleobotany student at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023
Luckily, Colin loved the idea that she would have naturally evolved into dealing with the climate crisis in her awareness of paleobotany and soil science and DNA.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Preivously, scientists knew very little about the paleobotany of the period between the last group of megaherbivores and their mammalian successors in the Late Eocene.
From Salon • May 3, 2022
William Carruthers rose to become keeper of botany at the British Museum, and "a towering figure at the time in paleobotany".
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2021
One of the most exciting recent developments in paleobotany is the use of analytical chemistry and molecular biology to study fossils.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
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