All the most noble people of human history, while forming their view point on life, came through the stage of mastering sacred paleontology. Don't mix it up with common paleontology. And it even happened when the mere word "paleontology" didn't exist. The word "paleontology" appeared relatively recently, in 1822, and it is composed of three Greek words: pale - ancient, ontos - being, logos - studying. The science about extinct and ancient organisms. But this is common paleontology. But not sacred paleontology.