Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
David M. Raup

Born: April 24, 1933
Died: July 9, 2015 (aged 82)
Bio: David M. Raup was a University of Chicago paleontologist. Raup studied the fossil record and the diversity of life on Earth. Raup contributed to the knowledge of extinction events along with his colleague Jack Sepkoski.
Known for:
- Extinction: Bad Genes Or Bad Luck? (1991)
- Principles of paleontology (1971)
- The Nemesis Affair (1986)
- De l'extinction des espèces