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Science 21 November 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3908, pp. 994 - 995
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3908.994
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Fossil Foraging Behavior: Computer Simulation

David M. Raup 1 and Adolf Seilacher 2

1 Department of Geological Sciences,. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627
2 Department of Geology, University of Tübingen, Germany

Meander patterns produced by ancient sediment feeders can be simulated by digital computer with x-y plotter output. Change in input constants (with a single program) produces variation comparable to genetically controlled behavioral differences between species and genera.


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