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Paleontology

scientific study of the past of life on Earth through fossils

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Most cited

  1. ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates

    Subha Kalyaanamoorthy, Bùi Quang Minh, Thomas K. F. Wong, Arndt von Haeseler · 2017 · Nature Methods · 19,563 citations

  2. APE: Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution in R language

    Emmanuel Paradis, Julien Claude, Korbinian Strimmer · 2004 · Bioinformatics · 12,803 citations

  3. The chemical basis of morphogenesis

    Alan Turing · 1952 · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 11,801 citations

  4. phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

    Liam J. Revell · 2011 · Methods in Ecology and Evolution · 9,960 citations

  5. Bayesian Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates

    Christopher Bronk Ramsey · 2009 · Radiocarbon · 8,775 citations

  6. Extended 14C Data Base and Revised CALIB 3.0 14C Age Calibration Program

    Minze Stuiver, Paula Reimer · 1993 · Radiocarbon · 7,834 citations

Most recent

  1. Description of the Male Copulatory Organ and Associated Muscles in the Quenda Isoodon fusciventer (Marsupialia: Peramelidae)

    Cherie A Mangini · 2028 · Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University) · 0 citations

  2. Tectonic transition in northern Tibetan Plateau during the Neogene

    Hao Xie, Caicai Liu, Zhuqi Zhang, weitao wang · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  3. Philophrosyne beckeri gen. et sp. nov., a microfossil with possible affinities to oomycetes from the Lower Devonian Rhynie cherts

    Michael Krings, Benjamin Bomfleur, Hans Kerp · 2026 · Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments · 0 citations

  4. Pyramids Before Columbus: A Critical Survey Review of Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Americas

    Zen Revista, 10 HISTORY · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  5. Pyramids Before Columbus: A Critical Survey Review of Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Americas

    Zen Revista, 10 HISTORY · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  6. A new palaeo-tectonic model of New Guinea and its consequences for understanding Indo-Pacific avian diversity in space and through time

    Knud A. Jønsson, Max Webb, Julia Fotheringham, Indra Gunawan · 2026 · Frontiers of Biogeography · 0 citations

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