{"id":11859,"date":"2021-12-28T12:29:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T19:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11859"},"modified":"2021-12-28T12:29:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T19:29:24","slug":"e-o-wilson-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2021\/12\/28\/e-o-wilson-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"E.O. Wilson Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/27\/science\/eo-wilson-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Harvard professor for 46 years, he was an expert on insects and explored how natural selection and other forces could influence animal behavior. He then applied his research to humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/carl-zimmer\">Carl Zimmer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"E. O. Wilson | The Meaning of Human Existence\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-6C75cyudzM?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward O. Wilson, a biologist and author who conducted pioneering work on biodiversity, insects and human nature \u2014 and won two Pulitzer Prizes along the way \u2014 died on Sunday in Burlington, Mass. He was 92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His death was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eowilsonfoundation.org\/e-o-wilson-darwins-natural-heir-has-passed-away-at-92\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced on Monday by the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Dr. Wilson began his career in evolutionary biology in the 1950s, the study of animals and plants seemed to many scientists like a quaint, obsolete hobby. Molecular biologists were getting their first glimpses of DNA, proteins and other invisible foundations of life. Dr. Wilson made it his life\u2019s work to put evolution on an equal footing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow could our seemingly old-fashioned subjects achieve new intellectual rigor and originality compared to molecular biology?\u201d he recalled in 2009. He answered his own question by pioneering new fields of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an expert on insects, Dr. Wilson studied the evolution of behavior, exploring how natural selection and other forces could produce something as extraordinarily complex as an ant colony. He then championed this kind of research as a way of making sense of all behavior \u2014 including our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/27\/science\/eo-wilson-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at NYT<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The New York Times E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92 A Harvard professor for 46 years, he was an expert on insects and explored how natural selection and other forces could influence animal behavior. He then applied his research to humans. By\u00a0Carl Zimmer Edward O. 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