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The Tibetan Plateau is a natural laboratory for studying organic evolution and environmental change

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  1. Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna, 666303, China
    • Zhekun Zhou
  2. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China
    • Tao Deng
  3. CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China
    • Tao Deng
  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
    • Tao Deng
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Zhou, Z., Deng, T. The Tibetan Plateau is a natural laboratory for studying organic evolution and environmental change. Sci. China Earth Sci. 63, 169–171 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-019-9563-x

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