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| Other authors / contributors: | Holland, Steven M. (Steven Matthew), 1957- author.
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| ISBN: | 9780226649399
0226649393
1280126329
9781280126321
9780226649375
0226649377
9780226649382
0226649385
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late 1700s, Georges Cuvier argued for a literal interpretation, but in the early 1800s, Charles Lyell & rsquo;s gradualist view of the earth & rsquo;s history required a more nuanced interpretation of that same record. To this day, the tension between literal and interpretive readings lies at the heart of paleontological research, influencing the way scientists view extinction patterns and their causes, ecosystem pe.
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| Other form: | Print version: Patzkowsky, Mark E. (Mark Edward), 1958- Stratigraphic paleobiology. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012], ©2012 9780226649375
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| Standard no.: | 7312405
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