Quote of the day
If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. . . . What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.
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