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A Price for Progress in Paleobiology - Patterns of Evolution, as Illustrated by the Fossil Record.A. Hallam, ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co. (Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, 5.) 1977. xiii + 591 pp. $69.50, Dfl. 170, £42.00.

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Leigh Van Valen
Leigh Van Valen*
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Biology Department, University of Chicago, 1103 E. 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Paleobiology , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , Spring 1978 , pp. 210 - 217
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