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Anthropomorphization as a method of working with indirect data

Logos i Ethos
In ethology, anthropomorphization – the attribution of uniquely human characteristics to animals – is often criticized as unscientific. However, this approach seeks to reveal analogies between different species, a practice that finds parallels in ...
Bartosz Frydrychowski
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Paleobiology and philosophy [PDF]

Biology & Philosophy, 2019
I offer four ways of distinguishing paleobiology from neontology, and from this develop a sketch of the philosophy of paleobiology. I then situate and describe the papers in the special issue Paleobiology and Philosophy, and reflect on the value and prospects of paleontology-focused philosophy.
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Stratigraphic paleobiology

Paleobiology
AbstractStratigraphic paleobiology uses a modern understanding of the construction of the stratigraphic record—from beds to depositional sequences to sedimentary basins—to interpret patterns and guide sampling strategies in the fossil record. Over the past 25 years, its principles have been established primarily through forward numerical modeling ...
Steven M. Holland, Mark E. Patzkowsky, Katharine M. Loughney   +2 more
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Hydrodynamic insights into the paleobiology of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Fractofusus misrai

iScience
Summary: The Ediacaran of Newfoundland preserves some of the oldest complex macroscopic communities, several of which are dominated by the fractal-like rangeomorph genus Fractofusus.
Daniel Pérez-Pinedo, Robert Nicholls, Jenna M. Neville, Duncan McIlroy   +3 more
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Charcoal evidence traces diverse fungal metabolic strategies to the Late Paleozoic

iScience
Summary: Wood decomposition through fungal activity is essential to the natural carbon cycle. There are three primary patterns of wood decay: white rot, brown rot, and soft rot. However, geological records of wood decay mainly originate from fossil woods,
Yaofeng Cai, Hua Zhang, Biao Pan
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Land Snail with Periostracal Hairs Preserved in Burmese Amber

iScience, 2019
Summary: Excellently preserved fossils often provide important insights into evolutionary histories and adaptations to environmental change in Earth's biogeologic record.
Thomas A. Neubauer, Lida Xing, Adrienne Jochum   +2 more
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Editorial: A fossil view of insect evolution: integrating paleontological evidence to explore the origins of insect biodiversity

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
Erik Tihelka, Chenyang Cai
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Aspects of the taphonomy of the Cambrian Explosion in North Greenland [PDF]

, 2017
This thesis describes and elucidates the taphonomic pathways responsible for the exceptional preservation of some of the most common elements of the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (early Cambrian), North Greenland.
STRANG, KATIE,MARGARET
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Punctuated Equilibrium in Software Evolution

, 2003
The approach based on paradigm of self-organized criticality proposed for experimental investigation and theoretical modelling of software evolution. The dynamics of modifications studied for three free, open source programs Mozilla, Free-BSD and Emacs ...
A. A. Gorshenev, D. L. Parnas, D. M. Raup, M. H. Halstead, M. M. Lehman, M. M. Lehman, P. Bak, S. Gould, S. Gould, Yu. M. Pis’mak   +9 more
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On the squamation of Australerpeton cosgriffi Barberena, a temnospondyl amphibian from the Upper Permian of Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2002
Abdominal scales of a juvenile specimen of Australerpeton cosgriffi Barberena 1998 are made of primary compact bone rich in osteocyte lacunae; vascular canals and primary osteons are rare with no sign of remodelling of the tissue by resorption and ...
DIAS ELISEU V., RICHTER MARTHA
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