palaeo-, palae-, paleo-, pale-

1. The study of ancient life on earth; the study of fossils.
2. The study of life in prehistoric times by using fossil evidence.

Ancient typography; early printing. The evolution of languages from Phoenician to Greek to Roman.

A genus of extinct Ophidians containing the oldest known fossil serpents.

A reference to the assumed (prehistoric) origins of behavior patterns in humans.

The detailed study of landforms across fault zones, analysis of deformed layers of sediment in the walls of trenches excavated across active faults and the determination of the age of carbonaceous material found in the sediments, using radiometric techniques. Specialists have gone back into earthquake history, not in terms of years or decades, but in terms of centuries to arrive at long-term patterns.

The investigation of the temperature of climates and oceans in past ages.

A geologic era exending from the end of the Precambrian to the beginning of the Mesozoic, dating from about 600 to 230 million years ago.

The study of the distribution of fossil animal remains.

1. A geologic era extending from the end of the Precambrian to the beginning of the Mesozoic, dating from about 600 to 230 million years ago.
2. The rock strata formed during this era.

1. The study of fossil animals and their evolution.
2. Animal life of the geological past.
3. Prehistoric animals.