Five palaeobiological laws needed to understand the evolution of the living biota

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Nature Ecology &Evolution

• Publication date

  2017-05-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s41559-017-0165PMID 28812640
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