1902 - 1984
George Gaylord Simpson American Biologist
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| First Name |
George
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| Middle Name |
Gaylord
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| Last Name |
Simpson
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| Birthday |
16th June, 1902
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| Birthplace |
Chicago
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| Died |
6th October, 1984
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| Place of Death |
Fresno, California
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Biologist
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George Gaylord Simpson (June 16, 1902 – October 6, 1984) was a US paleontologist. Simpson was perhaps the most influential paleontologist of the twentieth century, and a major participant in the modern synthesis, contributing Tempo and Mode in Evolution (1944), The Meaning of Evolution (1949) and The Major Features of Evolution (1953). He was an expert on extinct mammals and their intercontinental migrations. He anticipated such concepts as punctuated equilibrium (in Tempo and mode) and dispelled the myth that the evolution of the horse was a linear process culminating in the modern Equus caballus. He coined the word hypodigm in 1940, and published extensively on the taxonomy of fossil and extant mammals. Simpson was influentially, and incorrectly, opposed to Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.
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