
Neontology is the part of biology which – in contrast to paleontology – deals with now living (or, more generally, recent) organisms. The term neontologist is usually used only by paleontologists to refer to non-paleontologists. Stephen Jay Gould said of neontology: All professions maintain their parochialisms, and I trust that nonpaleontologi...
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study of extant or recently living organisms
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neontology 1. The study of presently alive or recently extinct organisms. 2. The science of current organic life.
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