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UKS2 Topic: Dinosaurs and Fossils Block F : Dinosaur Species Session 1

Palaeontology
…the scientific study of fossils to determine how organisms changed
over time, interacted with each other and lived in their environments.
In Greek: "ancient" (paleo), "being" (onto-) and "study" (-logy).
UKS2 Topic: Dinosaurs and Fossils Block F : Dinosaur Species Session 1

Paleoartist
…an artist who recreates the image of a dinosaur through art
(drawings and sculpture). They look for clues in the bone structure of
the fossils and at living things (elephants for example).

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