Paleontological observations date back to at least the 6th century BC.
Sources
- Paleontology (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315716482_2500_Years_of_Palaeoecology_A_Note_on_the_Work_of_Xenophanes_of_Colophon_Circa_570-475_BCE (researchgate.net)
- https://iep.utm.edu/xenoph/ (iep.utm.edu)
- https://history-uncovered.com/articles/xenophanes-the-philosopher-who-discovered-deep-time-with-seashells (history-uncovered.com)
- https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/ancient.html (ucmp.berkeley.edu)
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/xenophanes/ (plato.stanford.edu)
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