George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson (June 16, 1902 – October 6, 1984) was an American 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. Simpson was extraordinarily knowledgeable about Mesozoic fossil mammals and fossil mammals of North and South America. 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, but accepted the theory of plate tectonics (and continental drift) when the evidence became conclusive.He was Professor of Zoology at Columbia University, and Curator of the Department of Geology and Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1945 to 1959. He was Curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University from 1959 to 1970, and a Professor of Geosciences at the University of Arizona from 1968 until his retirement in 1982. Provided by Wikipedia
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Simple Curiosity : Letters from George Gaylord Simpson to His Family, 1921-1970. by Simpson, George Gaylord
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The major features of evolution. by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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The geography of evolution; by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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The meaning of evolution, a study of the history of life and of its significance for man. by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Penguins : past and present, here and there / by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Concession to the improbable : an unconventional autobiography / by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Biology and man. by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Splendid isolation : the curious history of South American mammals / by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Fossils and the history of life / by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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The meaning of evolution, a study of the history of life and of its significance for man. by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Discoverers of the lost world : an account of some of those who brought back to life South American mammals long buried in the abyss of time / by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Life: an introduction to biology by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Horses : the story of the horse family in the modern world and through sixty million years of history / by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Tempo and mode in evolution. by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Principles of animal taxonomy. by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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This view of life; the world of an evolutionist. by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Quantitative zoology by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Horses : the story of the horse family in the modern world and through sixty million years of history / by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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The meaning of evolution a study of the history of life and of its significance for man. by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
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Biostatistical programs in BASIC language for time-shared computers: coordinated with the book "Quantitative zoology by Peters, James Arthur, 1922-1972
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