Lynn Margulis’s personal and research papers have been moved to the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia after a fire threatened its historic collection. The transfer secures the work of the noted evolutionary biologist.
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The personal and research papers of evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis have been transferred to the American Philosophical Society's collection in Philadelphia.
The transfer follows a fire that nearly destroyed the society's historic collection, prompting steps to preserve the materials.
Margulis was a leading evolutionary biologist whose research on symbiosis reshaped the field.