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Leigh Van Valen (1935–2010) was an American evolutionary biologist and paleontologist who spent much of his career at the University of Chicago. He is best known for proposing the Red Queen hypothesis in a 1973 paper, which posits that organisms must constantly adapt and evolve merely to survive aga...
Ross D. E. MacPhee is a Canadian American mammalogist and vertebrate paleontologist associated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His research examines mammalian evolution, island biogeography, and the extinction of large animals during the late Quaternary. He has investigated...
The Sixth Extinction examines Earth’s history of mass extinctions and argues that we are currently driving a sixth, largely due to human impacts on the environment. Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the scientific evidence demonstrating biodiversity loss linked to climate change and habitat destruction...
Douglas H. Erwin is an American paleobiologist and senior scientist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. His research focuses primarily on macroevolution, evolutionary innovations, and mass extinctions, particularly the Permian-Triassic extinction event. Erwin has contributed signi...
David M. Raup was an American paleontologist known for applying quantitative methods to the study of evolution and extinction. He extensively used computer modeling to analyze the geometric shapes of shells, helping paleontologists understand the physical constraints of morphological evolution. Toge...
Peter Ward is an American paleontologist and professor of biology and earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is widely recognized for his extensive research on mass extinction events throughout Earth's history, particularly his studies on the Permian-Triassic extinct...
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom depicts Owen Grady and Claire Dearing’s mission to evacuate dinosaurs from Isla Nublar due to a volcanic event. The film involves a rescue operation complicated by a mercenary group seeking to transport the creatures to the United States. Returning cast members include...
