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Role of ideas in advancing paleontology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2016

Ingrid M. Krohn
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Abstract

Modern biological principles and mathematical techniques applied to fossil data may contribute to a rigorous theoretical framework for the analysis of macroevolutionary trends. Such cross-fertilization may also serve to correct interpretative biases common in paleontological literature.

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Paleobiology , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , Spring 1979 , pp. 67 - 76
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