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Paleontology, an Uncommon card
Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geologic time, and assess the interactions between prehistoric organisms and their natural environment.
- While paleontological observations are known from at least the 6th century BC, the foundation of paleontology as a science dates back to the work of Georges Cuvier in 1796.
- Cuvier demonstrated evidence for the concept of extinction and how the life of the past was not necessarily the same as that of the present.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paleontology article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Paleontology
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Paleontology (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ScottRobertAnselmo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.







