Peter Ward (paleontologist)

For other people named Peter Ward, see Peter Ward (disambiguation).
Peter D. Ward
Born
Peter Douglas Ward

(1949-05-12) May 12, 1949
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Known forco-originator of the term Rare Earth
work on the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology

Peter Douglas Ward (born May 12, 1949) is an American paleontologist and professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, and Sprigg Institute of Geobiology at the University of Adelaide. He is also an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum. In 2000, along with his co-author Donald E. Brownlee, he co-originated the term Rare Earth and developed the Medea hypothesis alleging that multicellular life is ultimately self-destructive.

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