-
Edward O. Wilson, Jr
Born June 10, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama, U.SEdward O. Wilson is the world's leading expert on ants, and sociobiology, which explores the genetic basis of social behavior and founder of the science of evolutionary psychology, and a renowned authority on sociobiology. -
Chicago
Lynn Margulis was born March 15, 1938 to Leone and Morris Alexander in Chicago, Illinois. -
Period: to
Born March 5/1938, Died Nov. 22/2011
-
Period: to
Edward Wilson studied at the University of Alabam
Wilson recieved his B.S., in 1949 and M.S., in 1950. -
Decatur Senior High School
Edward Wilson Graduated Decatur Senior High School, Decatur, Alabama. -
Edward O. Wilson studied at Havard University
He earned his Ph.D. in Biology in 1955. -
The concept of "Character Displacement"
While studying the ant genus Lasius with W.L. Brown, Edward Wilson created the idea of Character Displacement - The result of competition in which two species living in the same area have evolved differences in characteristics that minimize competition and hybridization between them. -
Communication of Ants
While at Harvard Wilson made the discovery that ants communicate primarily through the transmission of chemical substances known as pheromones. -
Period: to
Edward Wilson - A member of Havard's biology and zoology faculties
Edward Wilson was a member of Harvard’s biology and zoology faculties from 1956 to 1976 -
Marriage
Married Carl Sagan in 1957 and divorced in 1965, with whom she had two children; one, Dorion, would become her frequent collaborator. -
Period: to
Divorced
-
University Of Chicago
Where she graduated at the age of 20 yrs old, earning her Bachelor degree. -
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Margulis earned a master’s degree in zoology and genetics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. -
University of California
Lynn earned a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1965 -
Endosymbiosis Theory
Acceptance of the serial endosymbiosis theory.
Theory put forward by Lynn Margulis. -
Period: to
Boston University
She joined the biology department of Boston University in 1966 and taught there until 1988 -
The Theory of Island Biogeography
Robert H. MacArthur & Edward O. Wilson developed a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography. -
The Insect Societies
In 1971 he published The Insect Societies. The book provided information of the classification, ecology, population dynamics, and social behaviour of thousands of species. This book was an importance for the development of environmental and behavioral biology. -
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
Sociobiology attempts to understand and explain animal (including human) social behaviour with natural selection and other biological processes (eg. evolution) in mind. -
Period: to
Wilson - Frank B. Baird Professor of Science
Edward Wilson still Harvard was Frank B. Baird Professor of Science. -
Pulitzer Prize
Edward Wilson won a Pulitzer Prize in 1978 for On Human Nature. -
On Human Nature
n this book Wilson wrote about the application of sociobiology to human aggression, sexuality, and ethics. It explains how different characteristics of humans and society can be explained from evolution. -
Genes, Mind and Cultur
Edward Wilson introduced the first general theory of gene-culture coevolution. -
Book: Five Kindoms
Her 1982 book Five Kingdoms, written with American biologist Karlene V. Schwartz, articulates a five-kingdom system of classifying life on Earth—animals, plants, bacteria (prokaryotes), fungi, and protoctists. The protist kingdom, which comprises most unicellular organisms (and multicellular algae) in other systems, is rejected as too general. Many of the organisms usually categorized as protists are placed in one of the other four kingdoms; protoctists make up the remaining organisms, -
Promethean fire: reflections on the origin of mind
Charles J. Lumsden and Edward Wilson asked why, out of the millions of species that have emerged and gone extinct, human beings alone took the last, abrupt journey to high intelligence and advanced culture. -
National Academy of Sciences of the USA
This year she began to be a member here in the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. -
Biophilia
Wilson argues that our natural attraction for life–biophilia–is the core of our humanity and binds us to all other living things. -
Swedish Crafoord Prize
In 1990 Edward Wilson was awarded the Crafoord Prize from Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which is the highest award given in ecological science. He shared this award with U.S. biologist Paul Ehrl. -
Period: to
Wilson - Mellon Professor of the Sciences
At Harvard Edward Wilson become Mellon Professor of the Sciences. -
The Ants
Edward Wilson was awarded his second Pulitzer prize for the book he wrote called The Ants. -
The Diversity of Life
Wilson tried to explain how the living species on Earth became diverse and examined the massive species extinctions caused by human actions in the 20th century. -
Awards
Having authored dozens of books and scientific papers, Margulis was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1999. Awards: Darwin–Wallace Medal, William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences -
National Medal of Science
She received the National Medal of Science from the hand of President Bill Clinton. -
Darwin-Wallace Medal
She received the Darwin-Wallace Medal for her work. -
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lynn began to be a professor here in the Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst. She retained that title when her affiliation at the university changed to the department of biology in 1993 and then to the department of geosciences in 1997. -
Death of Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis, a biologist whose work on the origin of cells helped transform the study of evolution, died on Tuesday at her home in Amherst, Mass. She was 73. She died five days after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. -
September 11
Lynn Margulis gave its support for a new investigation of the events of this day in 2001.
