# history of paleontology

> history of the effort to understand the history of life on Earth by studying the fossil record

**Wikidata**: [Q195974](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q195974)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_paleontology)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/history-of-paleontology


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013