# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-s-lull
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:05:57.820Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/r-s-lull"
name: "R. S. Lull"
slug: "r-s-lull"
description: "Richard Swann Lull was an American paleontologist and Sterling Professor at Yale University who is largely remembered for championing a non-Darwinian view of evolution, whereby mutation(s) could unlock presumed \"genetic drives\" that, over time, would lead populations to increasingly extreme phenotypes."
tagline: "Paleontologist (1867-1957)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1867-11-06"
deathDate: "1957"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump