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''Defaults:'' {{Biology-4}} and others.

This is the science of fossil study. Make a skill roll to recognize fossils or to deduce an organism's habitat, structure, etc. from fossil evidence. A successful roll – with [[equipment modifiers]] for lab facilities – identifies the approximate age of a fossil.

You ''must'' specialize:

''Micropaleontology:'' The study of fossils too small to be seen with the naked eye. This skill requires a lab.

''Paleoanthropology:'' The study of human fossils and tools, and the relation of primitive tribes to their habitats. Also defaults to {{Anthropology-2}}.

''Paleobotany:'' The study of vegetable fossils.

''Paleozoology:'' The study of prehistoric animals from fossilized bones, food, feces, footprints, etc.

These specialties default to one another at -2.