| LC control no. | n 83195183 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Martin, Paul S. (Paul Schultz), 1928-2010 |
| Variant(s) | Martin, P. S. (Paul Schultz), 1928-2010 Martin, Paul Schultz, 1928- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Mexico |
| Birth date | 1928-08-22 |
| Death date | 2010-09-13 |
| Place of birth | Allentown (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Tucson (Ariz.) |
| Field of activity | Paleontology Mass extinctions Wildlife reintroduction |
| Affiliation | University of Arizona |
| Profession or occupation | Geologists Paleontologists |
| Found in | Quaternary extinctions, c1984: CIP t.p. (Paul S. Martin) LC data base, 10/18/83 (hdg.: Martin, Paul Schultz, 1928- ; usage: P.S. Martin) Anthropology news, Dec. 2010: p. 33 (Paul S. Martin, 82, d. Sept. 13, 2010, in Tucson, Ariz.; professor of geosciences, Univ. of Arizona; director, Desert Laboratory; M.S. and Ph.D. in zoology from Univ. of Michigan during 1950s) SSDI, Dec. 16, 2010 (Martin, Paul Schultz; b. Aug. 22, 1928; issued by Arizona) Wikipedia, May 3, 2017 (Paul S. Martin; born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1928; died in Tucson, Arizona, Sep. 13, 2010; American geoscientist, University of Arizona; his work bridged the fields of ecology, anthropology, geosciences, and paleontology; bachelor's in zoology 1953, Cornell University; master's and doctorate 1953 and 1956, University of Michigan; joined faculty of the University of Arizona in 1957, retired from there in 1989; developed theory known as "overkill" or "blitzkrieg model" about demise of large Ice Age mammal populations, coinciding with arrival of humans; championed the concept of "rewilding" or "resurrection ecology" in which extinct North American fauna could be restored by introducing animal populations analogous to extinct species, i.e., elephants for mammoths) |
| Associated language | eng |
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