Peter Ward (paleontologist)
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Peter Douglas Ward (born May 12, 1949[3]) is an American paleontologist and professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, and Sprigg Institute of Geobiology at the University of Adelaide. He has written numerous popular science works for a general audience and is also an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum.[4] In 2000, along with his co-author Donald E. Brownlee, he co-originated the term Rare Earth[1] and developed the Medea hypothesis alleging that multicellular life is ultimately self-destructive.[5]
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Peter D. Ward | |
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Born | Peter Douglas Ward May 12, 1949 Seattle, United States of America |
Nationality | American |
Known for | co-originator of the term Rare Earth[1] work on the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event[2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology, Biology, Astrobiology |
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