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Using color data to figure out how animals lived

Started by Halichoeres, January 31, 2018, 09:50:19 PM

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January 31, 2018, 09:50:19 PM
Interesting if slightly cantankerous article about the pitfalls of using melanosome information to figure out the actual lives of extinct animals (open access):
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/2/230

They misuse the term "life history" but make some reasonable points.
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