The study of bones and other materials that end up buried in the earth and preserved as fossils is called cladistics.

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Cladistics is the study of the evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms, which is determined by analyzing shared characteristics not specifically related to the study of bones or fossils. The study of bones and other materials preserved as fossils is more accurately described as paleontology.

The Study of Bones and Other Materials That End Up