A virtual world of paleontology
Abstract
Computer-aided visualization and analysis has revolutionized the study of fossils. Fossils can now be characterized in three dimensions and in unprecedented detail. The resulting digital reconstructions can be used in rigorous functional analyses. Hypotheses regarding the function of extinct organisms can therefore be tested.
- Publication:
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Trends in Ecology and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- June 2014
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2014TEcoE..29..347C
- Keywords:
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- paleontology;
- digital visualization;
- computed tomography;
- functional analysis;
- computer modeling