-Geobiology is a basic discipline that makes use of fossils and traces of ancient life to conduct biological research, explore the characteristics and evolution history of ancient life, discuss major events of life origin, extinction and recovery, and explore the evolution history of the earth and environmental changes. Modern paleontology is an interdisciplinary subject of life science, earth science and environmental science.

Peking University College of Earth and Space Sciences has 1 master program and 65438 doctoral programs. At present, there are 5 professors and 5 associate professors in China Academy of Sciences. Teachers have undertaken a large number of major national basic scientific research projects and conducted extensive international cooperative research with scientists from more than ten countries, creating a good academic atmosphere for the growth of high-quality talents.

Paleontology is very promising.

Paleontology graduates are mainly engaged in scientific research teaching or teaching assistants in scientific research institutes and universities; Scientific research or management personnel of natural museums such as paleontology, national and provincial nature reserves and geological parks; Fossil managers of the administrative departments of land and resources; Research and experimental personnel of petroleum, coal and geological survey departments.

At present, many geological prospecting units in China have an embarrassing situation of "no one is doing paleontology work". Therefore, it has become an important subject to cultivate and maintain a team of high-level paleontological professionals who can adapt to national construction and international frontier research and better serve geological prospecting. In addition, the low income of employees engaged in paleontological geology is also an important reason for the continuous brain drain in this field.