Four Billion Years of Evolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3895543 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heinz Tobien (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 155 |
| Pages | 67-109 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/039219219103915507 |
| OpenAlex | W1997467507 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Palaeontology is an historical science comparable to prehistory, archeology, and history, in that it deals with living beings from past times. The documents needed to write the history of life are the remains of organisms contained in geological deposits from the last four billion years. They are called "fossils
Astronomy · Billion years · Physics · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · History of Science and Natural History · Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |