👉 Palaeobotany is a scientific discipline that studies the fossil record, particularly of plants and animals that lived in Europe during the Paleolithic period, which lasted from around 30,000 to 21,500 years ago. Palaeobotanists study the remains of ancient plants and animals that are preserved in fossilized form, such as pollen and spores, and use these to understand how they evolved over time. Palaeobotanists also study the environment
