Investigating fossils [electronic resource] : a history of palaeontology / Wilson J. Wall.

"Part of the complex relationship which society has had over the centuries with fossils is at least in part associated with the conceptual problem of exactly how fossils are formed. It was not always assumed that these structures were plant or animal in origin, for a very good reason. From the earli...

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Main Author: Wall, W. J. (Wilson J.) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.
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Investigating Fossils: A History of Palaeontology
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