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W Ford Doolittle

Professor , Dalhousie University

W Ford Doolittle is professor in biochemistry and molecular biology at Dalhousie University in Canada.

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Biology

Is the Earth an organism?

The Gaia hypothesis states that our biosphere is evolving. Once sceptical, some prominent biologists are beginning to agree

W Ford Doolittle