obituary, evolution

Coppens, alongside Donald Johanson and Maurice Taieb, found a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil in the 1970s.

Fogel mined information from isotopes to explore modern and ancient ecosystems, climatic changes, and evolution.

The University of East Anglia researcher was best known for his contributions to the study of sexual selection, particularly post-copulatory sperm competition.

The Kenyan fossil finder is known for his discoveries of various Stone Age artifacts and ancient human skulls and skeletons.

Taieb recognized the potential importance of the Hadar Formation, where remains of the hominin Australopithecus afarensis were found only a few years later.

The McGill University paleontologist, who died from COVID-19, was known for using multidisciplinary methods to explore the origins of amphibians, birds, and mammals.

The Indiana University professor was known for his research on the evolution of organismal development.

Gates was director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and a strong advocate for coral conservation.

He was known for his work on the gene-culture theory of human evolution and the Human Genome Diversity Project.

The Texas Tech University professor also investigated the effects of the Chernobyl disaster on surrounding wildlife.

Susan Lindquist of MIT and the Whitehead Institute broke scientific ground on prions and heat shock proteins.

Harold Morowitz, who dedicated his career to investigating the origins of life, has passed away at age 88.

Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.

Lynn Margulis, an innovative thinker who proposed symbiosis as a major mechanism for speciation, passed away last week.