Douglas ErwinBiography
Douglas H. Erwin is a senior scientist and Curator of Paleobiology at
the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian
Institution, and an external faculty member at the Santa Fe
Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California,
Santa Barbara in 1985. His research interests include evolutionary
radiations, the end-Permian mass extinction and the history of
Paleozoic gastropods. He is the author of Extinction: How Life
on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago (Princeton
University Press, 2006) and several other books. Address: Department
of Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Natural History,
Washington, DC 20560. Internet: Erwin.Doug@nmnh.si.edu
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