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Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution.
May 1, 2024 · Lynn Margulis (born March 5, 1938, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died November 22, 2011, Amherst, Massachusetts) was an American biologist whose serial endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell development revolutionized the modern concept of how life arose on Earth. Margulis was raised in Chicago.
- Amy Tao
Dec 21, 2011 · Lynn Margulis was an independent, gifted and spirited biologist who learned as early as the fourth grade to “tell bullshit from ... real authentic experience”, as she put it in a 2004...
- James A. Lake
- lake@mbi.ucla.edu
- 2011
Some researchers answered no. Evolutionist Lynn Margulis showed that a major organizational event in the history of life probably involved the merging of two or more lineages through symbiosis. Symbiotic microbes = eukaryote cells?
Nov 25, 2011 · Lynn Margulis, a biologist whose work on the origin of cells helped transform the study of evolution, died on Tuesday at her home in Amherst, Mass. She was 73. She died five days after suffering...
Nov 22, 2017 · Learn how American biologist Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) pioneered the study of symbiosis and its role in cell evolution and eukaryogenesis. Discover her contributions to science and her influence on planetary sciences and microbiome research.
Learn about the life and achievements of Lynn Margulis, a renowned evolutionary biologist and author who challenged neo-Darwinism and co-developed Gaia theory. She was a Distinguished University Professor at UMass Amherst and a National Medal of Science recipient.
