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Studying Function and Behavior in the Fossil Record
It is easy to dismiss reconstructed organisms and behaviors from the past as “mere speculation”, but empirical evidence, comparison with modern analogs, and biomechanical modeling can provide remarkable insights.
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Public Library of Science
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20209139 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000321 |
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| author | Benton, Michael J. |
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| description | It is easy to dismiss reconstructed organisms and behaviors from the past as “mere speculation”, but empirical evidence, comparison with modern analogs, and biomechanical modeling can provide remarkable insights. |
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| spelling | pubmed-28304502010-03-05 Studying Function and Behavior in the Fossil Record Benton, Michael J. PLoS Biol Primer It is easy to dismiss reconstructed organisms and behaviors from the past as “mere speculation”, but empirical evidence, comparison with modern analogs, and biomechanical modeling can provide remarkable insights. Public Library of Science 2010-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2830450/ /pubmed/20209139 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000321 Text en Michael J. Benton. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
| spellingShingle | Primer Benton, Michael J. Studying Function and Behavior in the Fossil Record |
| title | Studying Function and Behavior in the Fossil Record |
| title_full | Studying Function and Behavior in the Fossil Record |
| title_fullStr | Studying Function and Behavior in the Fossil Record |
| title_full_unstemmed | Studying Function and Behavior in the Fossil Record |
| title_short | Studying Function and Behavior in the Fossil Record |
| title_sort | studying function and behavior in the fossil record |
| topic | Primer |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830450/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20209139 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000321 |
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