Transcript Lynn Margulis

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The origin of life and evolution
Lynn Margulis
• Margulis held a bachelor's degree in Biology from the
University of Chicago, a master's degree from the
University of Wisconsin and a doctorate from the
University of California.
• She was a professor in the Department of
Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts.
• A member of the United States National Academy of
Sciences, she led the organisation’s Committee on
Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution.
• She was awarded nine honorary doctorates by
different universities, including the University of Valencia
and the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Lynn Margulis (19382011).
• She published more than one hundred articles and
authored many books
Biology and Geology 4. Secondary Education.
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The origin of life and evolution
Lynn Margulis
• Margulis made a great number of
contributions to modern science; among
them are new five-kingdom classification
system of living organisms developed in
collaboration with Karlene V. Schwartz and
her work with James Lovelock on the Gaia
hypothesis.
• But Margulis is best known for her work on
the theory of endosymbiosis, which
explains how bacteria joined together to give
rise to the eukaryotic cell, which forms the
basis of all protoctists, fungi, plants and
animals.
Biology and Geology 4. Secondary Education.