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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1by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1953
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2by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1997
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3by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1949
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4by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1983
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5by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1982
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6by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1980
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7by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1964
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8by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1976
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9Horses; the story of the horse family in the modern world and through sixty million years of historyby Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1951
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10by Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984, Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984
Published 1965
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