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Parts of this article are factually incorrect and lack citations, specifically, the section which breaks down some of the major fields found in paleobiology, like that of paleobiochemistry. The author incorrectly labels a paleobiochemist as applying the principles and techniques of organic chemistry to detect pre-historic life. I would like to refer to the first section of the book Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology, Volume 75 Protein Evolution. The first section of the book is on the molecular paleosciences, it is Molecular Paleoscience: Systems Biology From the Past, and it is written by researchers out of the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution in Gainesville, Florida. Not only does it break down some of the specific aspects of Paleobiology, it explicitly describes what a paleobiochemist actually does, which is a ressurrectionist approach from a hypothesized ancestral protein as formulated from descendant genetic sequences. It also has citations from the start of modern day paleobiology to present from research articles in the fields of the molecular paleosciences. If I cared enough about the subject I would read these articles myself and update the wiki, but I don't, so whoever wants to do it, the more you know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.194.248.106 (talk) 01:36, 13 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
As an aside, the reference section is completely incorrectly done! Please do proper citations, especially on research fields, I mean, in all honesty you are probably a scientist yourself, so this is shameful that you can't properly cite your source material.
