Fossils

Known as: Fossil 
Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Ozone pollution in China: A review of concentrations, meteorological influences, chemical precursors, and effects.
High concentrations of ozone in urban and industrial regions worldwide have long been a major air quality issue. With the rapid… (More)
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Review
2017
Review
2017
On-road vehicle emissions and their control in China: A review and outlook.
The large (26-fold over the past 25years) increase in the on-road vehicle fleet in China has raised sustainability concerns… (More)
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2012
Highly Cited
2012
A Total-Evidence Approach to Dating with Fossils, Applied to the Early Radiation of the Hymenoptera
Phylogenies are usually dated by calibrating interior nodes against the fossil record. This relies on indirect methods that, in… (More)
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2011
Highly Cited
2011
A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests.
The terrestrial carbon sink has been large in recent decades, but its size and location remain uncertain. Using forest inventory… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
PAML 4: phylogenetic analysis by maximum likelihood.
PAML, currently in version 4, is a package of programs for phylogenetic analyses of DNA and protein sequences using maximum… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils.
Patterns of diversification and timing of evolution within Neoaves, which includes almost 95% of all bird species, are virtually… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Bayesian estimation of species divergence times under a molecular clock using multiple fossil calibrations with soft bounds.
We implement a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for estimating species divergence times that uses heterogeneous data… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Laser–Raman imagery of Earth's earliest fossils
Unlike the familiar Phanerozoic history of life, evolution during the earlier and much longer Precambrian segment of geological… (More)
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Review
2000
Review
2000
The genetic legacy of the Quaternary ice ages
Global climate has fluctuated greatly during the past three million years, leading to the recent major ice ages. An inescapable… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Archean molecular fossils and the early rise of eukaryotes.
Molecular fossils of biological lipids are preserved in 2700-million-year-old shales from the Pilbara Craton, Australia… (More)
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