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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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[–] theodewere@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

i wonder if they somehow triggered a state of aestivation and adapted to it.. Aestivation is a kind of light hibernation that animals like crocodiles enter when it gets hot and dry for long periods.. i was thinking their "cold-bloodedness" sounded like hibernation maybe..