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Simon Conway Morris
British palaeontologist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1951 · age 75
Simon Conway Morris is an English palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, and astrobiologist known for his study of the fossils of the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian explosion. The results of these discoveries were celebrated in Stephen Jay Gould's 1989 book Wonderful Life.
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2010William Bate Hardy PrizeAward1998Lyell MedalAward1989Charles Schuchert AwardAward1987Charles Doolittle Walcott MedalAward1951Born6 November 1951
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Conway Morris's own book on the subject, The Crucible of Creation (1998), however, is critical of Gould's presentation and interpretation.
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United Kingdom
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Scientist
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Born 1951 · age 75
The same award as Simon
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Andrew H. KnollBoth received Charles Schuchert Award
Stephen Jay GouldBoth received Charles Schuchert Award
Donald ProtheroBoth received Charles Schuchert AwardPreston CloudBoth received Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal