| Date of Birth | 05-March-1938 | |
| Place of Birth |
Chicago (Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Also know as | L. Margulis | |
| Profession | Scientist, Professor, Biologist | |
| Lynn Margulis was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She developed a theory of the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and contributed to the endosymbiotic theory, which is now generally accepted for how certain organelles were formed. She showed that animals, plants, and fungi all originated from Protists. She is also associated with the Gaia hypothesis, based on an idea developed by the English environmental scientist James Lovelock. | ||
Awards by Lynn Margulis |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by Lynn Margulis. | ||
1999
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1978
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