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Research Article| January 03, 2003 Biomineralization and Evolutionary History Andrew H. Knoll Andrew H. Knoll Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2003) 54 (1): 329–356. https://doi.org/10.2113/0540329 Article history first online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Andrew H. Knoll; Biomineralization and Evolutionary History. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 2003;; 54 (1): 329–356. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/0540329 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyReviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Search Advanced Search The Dutch ethologist Niko Tinbergen famously distinguished between proximal and ultimate explanations in biology. Proximally, biologists seek a mechanistic understanding of how organisms function; most of this volume addresses the molecular and physiological bases of biomineralization. But while much of biology might be viewed as a particularly interesting form of chemistry, it is more than that. Biology is chemistry with a history, requiring that proximal explanations be grounded in ultimate, or evolutionary, understanding. The physiological pathways by which organisms precipitate skeletal minerals and the forms and functions of the skeletons they fashion have been shaped by natural selection through geologic... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
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