Studying how a large animal carcass decomposes on an African savannah to determine how long it takes the carcass to disarticulate in different seasons and which bones are carried away by carnivores is an example of:

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Taphonomy is the study of how organisms decay and become fossilized or preserved in the archaeological record. The scenario described involves studying the process of decomposition and the factors affecting it, which falls under the domain of taphonomy.

Studying How a Large Animal Carcass Decomposes on an African