Cope's rule as psychological artefact

Stephen Jay Gould
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Nature, 1997, vol. 385, issue 6613, 199-200

Abstract: According to a 'law' formulated by E. D. Cope in 1871, the body size of organisms in a particular evolutionary lineage tends to increase. But Cope's rule has failed the most comprehensive test yet applied to it.

Date: 1997
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