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Lynn Margulis

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Science Atlas. "Lynn Margulis." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/lynn-margulis.

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Science Atlas. (n.d.). Lynn Margulis. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/lynn-margulis

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@misc{scienceatlas-lynn-margulis,
  author = {Science Atlas},
  title = {Lynn Margulis},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/lynn-margulis},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 to November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, who was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. She proposed that eukaryotes came into being by symbiotic mergers of bacteria, and was the co-developer of the Gaia hypothesis with the British chemist James Lovelock.

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Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1938 1

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1938-03-05 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

2011-11-22 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

2011 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Proposed

Endosymbiotic Theory

Additional Source Endosymbiotic Theory (Wikipedia)History section, Symbiogenesis article (edge: proposed-by, Margulis)

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Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 - November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, who was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution... Margulis was the co-developer of the Gaia hypothesis with the British chemist James Lovelock.

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