Definitions for Neontology
neon·tol·o·gy

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1. neontologynoun

   the study of organisms living in the current era

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1. Neontology

   Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms. It is the study of extant taxa (singular: extant taxon): taxa (such as species, genera and families) with members still alive, as opposed to (all) being extinct. For example: The moose (Alces alces) is an extant species, and the dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct species. In the group of molluscs known as the cephalopods, as of 1987 there were approximately 600 extant species and 7,500 extinct species.A taxon can be classified as extinct if it is broadly agreed or certified that no members of the group are still alive. Conversely, an extinct taxon can be reclassified as extant if there are new discoveries of living species ("Lazarus species"), or if previously-known extant species are reclassified as members of the taxon. Most biologists, zoologists, and botanists are in practice neontologists, and the term neontologist is used largely by paleontologists referring to non-paleontologists.

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1. Neontology

   Neontology is the part of biology which – in contrast to paleontology – deals with now living 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 nonpaleontological readers will forgive our major manifestation. We are paleontologists, so we need a name to contrast ourselves with all you folks who study modern organisms in human or ecological time. You therefore become neontologists. We do recognize the unbalanced and parochial nature of this dichotomous division -- much like my grandmother's parsing of Homo sapiens into the two categories of 'Jews' and 'non-Jews'.

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1. Neontology

   nē-on-tol′o-ji, n. the science and description of extant, as apart from extinct, animals.—n. Neontol′ogist. [Gr. neos, new, on, ontos, being, logia—legein, to speak.]

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   The numerical value of Neontology in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of Neontology in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Neontology
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neontology
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Neontology
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Neontology