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Published online 21 May 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020520-3
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Stephen Jay Gould dies
Public face of evolution dies of cancer aged 60.
Stephen Jay Gould, one of the world's most famous evolutionary biologists, died of cancer yesterday aged 60. Gould's accessible and entertaining writing made him the public face of evolution, while his provocative ideas stirred up academic debate.
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