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Researchers in a dimly lit, old library study glowing holographic screens displaying dinosaur skeletons and scientific data, surrounded by books and ancient artifacts.

Researchers in a dimly lit, old library study glowing holographic screens displaying dinosaur skeletons and scientific data, surrounded by books and ancient artifacts.

an academic field that is a combination of archaeology, paleontology, forensics, and metahistory. researchers who want to study a fossil cannot study the fossil directly because it was destroyed. instead they rely on forensic evidence from photos, other research articles, newspaper clippings, etc. to recover evidence. this field requires extensive knowledge of history such that the original fossil evidence can be analyzed See more