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Paleobiological research uses biological field research of current biota and of fossils millions of years old to answer. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. The branch of paleontology that deals with the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms.
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