# Peter D. Ward

> Peter Douglas Ward is an American paleontologist and professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, and Sprigg Institute of Geobiology at the University of Adelaide. He is also an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum. In 2000, along with his co-author Donald E. Brownlee, he co-originated the term Rare Earth and developed the Medea hypothesis alleging that multicellular life is ultimately self-destructive.

*American paleontologist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1949
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 14.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Ward)
- [بيتر وارد](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [بيتر وارد (اكاديمى)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89))
- [پیتر وارد](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [Peter Ward (Paläontologe)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ward_(Pal%C3%A4ontologe))
- [Peter Ward (paleontologist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ward_(paleontologist))
- [پیتر وارد (دیرین‌شناس)](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3))
- [Peter Ward](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ward)
- [Peter Ward](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ward)
- [ピーター・ウォード](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89)
- [Peter Ward (paleontoloog)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ward_(paleontoloog))
- [Peter Ward (paleontólogo)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ward_(paleont%C3%B3logo))
- [Уорд, Питер (палеонтолог)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3))
- [Peter Ward (paleontolog)](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ward_(paleontolog))
- [Peter Douglas Ward](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Douglas_Ward)
- [Peter D. Ward](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_D._Ward)
- [彼得·D·沃德](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%BC%E5%BE%97%C2%B7D%C2%B7%E6%B2%83%E5%BE%B7)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950763)

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