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Re: [dinosaur] Paleontology v. archaeology
> So where is the strict boudary between the two?
Arch(a)eology is cultural anthropology in four dimensions. (That includes one
paper about chimpanzees: the practice of using hammer and anvil stones to crack
nuts goes back at least 4000 years in some place in western Africa.)
Pal(a)eontology is biology in four dimensions (and geological context).
Arch(a)eozoology is about domestic animals from arch(a)eological sites. I guess
wild animals from arch(a)eological sites form the overlap with pal(a)eontology.