The Science Perhaps no other single science incorporates as many disciplines (both scientic and otherwise) as the science of paleontology. The study of ancient life necessarily incorporates the disciplines of biology and botany and geology - the "natural sciences" sometimes pooh-poohed by mathematical scientists and physicists. Little by little these sciences are also being incorporated, be it by structual anaylses of bone structure and bite strength or by other factors arising in the study of ancient bones and botany. Climatologists have jumped into the fray, studying ancient climate impacts on populations. One discipline often ignored as a science is the highly specialized artistry of our paleoartists who, working closely with other paleontologists, bring form to the critters in accordance with the latest scientific theories. Geneticists, to some extent inspired by the Jurassic Park movie series, are today examining methods for regenerating extinct species while ethicists are questioning whether or not they should do so. Archaeologists, too, have butted in as it's been increasingly obvious that our own ancestors exterminated some of the mega-mammals during the last ice ages. And let's not forget the popularists, movie makers and fiction writers, who have capitalized on our fascination with past worlds to bring them to life, in sometimes outrageous disregard of scientific fact, to spark our imagination. JM cannot hope to address all of these disciplines, but we do hope to spark interest in how these disciplines interact.