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1 Paleontology's Public Intellectual
On May 20, 2002, Stephen Jay Gould passed away. Called 'paleontology's public intellectual' by Andrew Knoll of Harvard University, Gould was a prominent evolutionist, a prolific author, and a champion of science and reason.
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* Even as a child, Gould was obsessed with dinosaurs. However, dinosaurs were not as 'cool' in the 40's as they are today. What nickname did Gould earn for his interests?
* Gould became a professor at a very young age- 26. At what university did he teach?
* At the age of 30 Gould and Niles Eldredge coauthored a paper on a new theory of evolutionary science quite different from strict Darwinism. What was this theory called?
* Gould was most famous as an author of short essays on science. In which magazine were these essays originally published?
* One of Gould's books was titled 'The Panda's Thumb.' What did the panda's thumb have to do with evolution?


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