Question

Write a note on the significance of Palaeontology.

Give any four points of significance of palaeontology.

Answer 1

1. It is useful in the reconstruction of the phylogeny.
2. It helps in studying various forms and structures of extinct animals.
3. It provides a record of missing links between two groups of organisms.
4. It helps to reconstruct the palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of a selected area.
5. It helps in the study of the habits of extinct organisms.
6. Palaeontology provides evidence in the form of fossils. 
7. These fossils originate from various earthly strata. These fossils allow us to study the various forms and structures of extinct animals.