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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more...

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Became the only known cold blooded mammal and survived on a dank little island for five million years until humans showed up three thousand years ago and ate them to extinction.

Damn.

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Humans, the only mammal more cold blooded than the goat.

[–] essellburns@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean... Have you ever watched any other mammals hunt? 🤦

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

No but I watched a large man eat an entire cheeseburger in 1 bite, does that count?

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