my brother is an archaeologist.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. In North America, archaeology is considered a sub-field of anthropology, while in Europe archaeology is often viewed as either a discipline in its own right or a sub-field of other disciplines. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology as a field is distinct from the discipline of palaeontology, the study of fossil remains. Archaeology is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for whom there may be no written records to study. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the advent of literacy in societies across the world. Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Archaeology has always fascinated me!  I have always wanted to be one!  Are you familiar with archaeology?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes! Archaeology is when we study human activity through the recovery of materials from the past."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you know of any famous archaeologists?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Only fictional ones. Though archaeology extends to 3.3 million years ago when the first stone tools were developed by prehumans."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting!  Wasn't Indiana Jones an archaeologist in those movies?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes! He was definitely an advocate of protecting the past. The goals of archaeology include understanding ancient culture to explaining change in human societies"}, {"role": "user", "content": "So, it is a lot more than just searching for bones and artifacts than, right?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah, archaeologists have to act like detectives, piecing together finds from different locations and points in history in order to learn about societies that we don't have any written records for."}, {"role": "user", "content": "So, I would imagine that they must have to go through a great deal of schooling and learning to be able to accomplish their goals, right?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, actually Archaeology is separate from Paleontology, which is the study of fossils"}]