Solution to Darwin's dilemma: Discovery of the missing Precambrian record of life

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 6947-6953

  Schopf, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034691169     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.13.6947     Document Type: Review

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