Behavioural leads in evolution: Evidence from the fossil record

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 315-331

  Lister, Adrian M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baldwin effect; Bird flight; Dental microwear; Exaptation; Footprints; Human bipedality; Hypsodonty; Stable isotopes; Tetrapod locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; FISH; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNGULATE;

AVES; TETRAPODA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84901234486     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12173     Document Type: Article

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