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Lyall Watson
South African anthropologist (1939-2008) · South Africa · On the map · Academics · Died at 69
Lyall Watson was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature. Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms.
Lyall Watson is read about 31 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 1 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 100 days, one point a day.
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MS Lindblad Explorer was launched in 1969. By 2005, when this photograph was taken, outside Scoresbysund in Greenland, she had been renamed the MS Explorer.
Cousin Island, in the Seychelles, has been the focus of wildlife conservation efforts since its Seychelles Warbler population first received protection in 1968.About this person
He is credited with coining the "hundredth monkey" effect in his 1979 book, Lifetide; later, in The Whole Earth Review, he conceded this was "a metaphor of my own making".
Country
South Africa
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2008 · aged 69
