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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Doug Erwin

Senior Research Biologist and Curator of Paleozoic Invertebrates
Department / Division
Paleobiology
Education
  • A.B., Colgate University
  • Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Interests

Macroevolution and evolutionary innovations, particularly the Cambrian metazoan radiation and post-extinction biotic recoveries; the Permian mass extinction; evolutionary history and systematics of Cambrian-Triassic gastropods.

Publications
  • Drinnenberg, Ines A., Berger, Frederic, Elsasser, Simon J., Andersen, Peter R., Ausio, Juan, Bickmore, Wendy A., Blackwell, Alexander R., Erwin, Douglas H., Gahan, James M., Gaut, Brandon S., Harvey, Zachary H., Henikoff, Steven, Kao, Joyce Y., Kurdistani, Siavash K., Lemos, Bernardo, Levine, Mia T., Luger, Karolin, Malik, Harmit S., Martin-Duran, Jose M., Peichel, Catherine L., Renfree, Marilyn B., Rutowicz, Kinga, Sarkies, Peter, Schmitz, Robert J., Technau, Ulrich et al. 2019. "EvoChromo: towards a synthesis of chromatin biology and evolution." Development, UNSP dev178962–UNSP dev178962. 146, (19), CAMBRIDGE; BIDDER BUILDING, STATION RD, HISTON, CAMBRIDGE CB24 9LF, ENGLAND: COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.178962.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2019. "Prospects for a General Theory of Evolutionary Novelty." Journal of Computational Biology, 26, (7), NEW ROCHELLE; 140 HUGUENOT STREET, 3RD FL, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 USA: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC. https://doi.org/10.1089/cmb.2019.0089.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2019. "Tempos and modes of collectivity in the history of life." Theory in Biosciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12064-019-00303-4.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2019. "Crisis and Response: Current Trends and Future Prospects." Bollettino Della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 5–10. 58, (1), Modena, Italy: Società Paleontologica Italiana.
  • Darroch, Simon A. F., Smith, Emily F., Laflamme, Marc, and Erwin, Douglas H. 2018. "Ediacaran Extinction and Cambrian Explosion." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 653–663. 33, (9), London, England: Elsevier Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.06.003.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2018. "Conservation Paleobiology. Science and Practice edited by Gregory P. Dietl and Karl W. Flessa, University of Chicago Press, 2017. Price: $40, 9780226506722." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 572. 33, (8), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.05.009.
  • Shen, Shu-zhong, Ramezani, Jahandar, Chen, Jun, Cao , Chang-Qun, Erwin, Douglas H., Zhang, Hua, Xiang, Lei, Schoepfer, Shane D., Henderson, Charles M., Zheng, Quan-feng, Bowring, Samuel A., Wang, Yue, Li, Xian-Hua, Wang, Xiang-Dong, Yuan, Dong-xun, Zhang, Yi-Chun, Mu, Lin, Wang, Jun, and Wu, Ya-Sheng. 2018. "A sudden end-Permian mass extinction in South China." Geological Society of America Bulletin, 205–223. 131, (1-2), The Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/B31909.1.
  • Summons, Roger E. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2018. "Chemical clues to the earliest animal fossils Steroid biomarkers show that the Ediacaran fossil Dickinsonia was an animal." Science, 1198–1199. 361, (6408), WASHINGTON; 1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau9710.
  • Wood, Rachel and Erwin, Douglas H. 2018. "Innovation not recovery: dynamic redox promotes metazoan radiations." Biological Reviews, 863–873. 93, (2), Cambridge Philosophical Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12375.
  • Chipman, Ariel D. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2017. "The Evolution of Arthropod Body Plans: Integrating Phylogeny, Fossils, and Development-An Introduction to the Symposium." Integrative and Comparative Biology, 450–454. 57, (3), https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icx094.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2017. "Eric Davidson and deep time." History and philosophy of the life sciences, 29–29. 39, (4), NEW YORK; 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA: SPRINGER. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-017-0156-z.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2017. "Developmental push or environmental pull? The causes of macroevolutionary dynamics." History and philosophy of the life sciences, 36–36. 39, (4), NEW YORK; 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA: SPRINGER. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-017-0163-0.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2017. "The topology of evolutionary novelty and innovation in macroevolution." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 372, (1735), London: The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0422.
  • Hoffman, Paul F., Abbot, Dorian S., Ashkenazy, Yosef, Benn, Douglas I., Brocks, Jochen J., Cohen, Phoebe A., Cox, Grant M., Creveling, Jessica R., Donnadieu, Yannick, Erwin, Douglas H., Fairchild, Ian J., Ferreira, David, Goodman, Jason C., Halverson, Galen P., Jansen, Malte F., Le Hir, Guillaume, Love, Gordon D., Macdonald, Francis A., Maloof, Adam C., Partin, Camille A., Ramstein, Gilles, Rose, Brian E. J., Rose, Catherine V., Sadler, Peter M., Tziperman, Eli et al. 2017. "Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology." Science Advances, 3, (11), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600983.
  • McInerney, James O. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2017. "The role of public goods in planetary evolution." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 375, (2109), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2016.0359.
  • Arendt, Detlev, Musser, Jacob M., Baker, Clare V. H., Bergman, Aviv, Cepko, Connie, Erwin, Douglas H., Pavlicev, Mihaela, Schlosser, Gerhard, Widder, Stefanie, Laubichler, Manfred D., and Wagner, Gü. 2016. "The origin and evolution of cell types." Nature Reviews.Genetics, 744–757. 17, London: Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg.2016.127.
  • Bhattacharya, Debashish, Agrawal, Shobhit, Aranda, Manuel, Baumgarten, Sebastian, Belcaid, Mahdi, Drake, Jeana L., Erwin, Douglas H., Foret, Sylvian, Gates, Ruth D., Gruber, David F., Kamel, Bishoy, Lesser, Michael P., Levy, Oren, Liew, Yi Jin, MacManes, Matthew, Mass, Tali, Medina, Monica, Mehr, Shaadi, Meyer, Eli, Price, Dana C., Putnam, Hollie M., Qiu, Huan, Shinzato, Chuya, Shoguchi, Eiichi, Stokes, Alexander J. et al. 2016. "Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals." eLife, 5, (e13288), eLife Sciences Publications Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.13288.
  • Carrasquillo, Anthony J., Cao, Changqun, Erwin, Douglas H., and Summons, Roger E. 2016. "Non-detection of C-60 fullerene at two mass extinction horizons." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 18–25. 176, Oxford, England: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Limited. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.017.
  • Chen, Jun, Shen, Shu-zhong, Li, Xian-Hua, Xu, Yi-gang, Joachimski, Michael M., Bowring, Samuel A., Erwin, Douglas H., Yuan, Dong-xun, Chen, Bo, Zhang, Hua, Wang, Yue, Cao, Chang-qun, Zheng, Quan-feng, and Mu, Lin. 2016. "High-resolution SIMS oxygen isotope analysis on conodont apatite from South China and implications for the end-Permian mass extinction." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 38. 448, (26), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.025.
  • Darroch, Simon A. F., Boag, Thomas H., Racicot, Rachel A., Tweedt, Sarah, Mason, Sara J., Erwin, Douglas H., and Laflamme, Marc. 2016. "A mixed Ediacaran-metazoan assemblage from the Zaris Sub-basin, Namibia." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 198–208. 459, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.07.003.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2016. "Wonderful Life Revisited: Chance and Contingency in the Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation." In Chance in Evolution. 279–298. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2016. [Book review] "The Origin of Higher Taxa: Palaeobiological, Developmental and Ecological Perspectives.– by T. S. Kemp." Systematic Biology, 65 (3) 558–559. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syw017.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2016. "Eric, evolution and bodyplans." Developmental biology, S33–S34. 412, (2), San Diego: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.01.024.
  • Reinhard , Christopher T., Planavsky, Noah J., Olson, Stephanie L., Lyons, Timothy W., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2016. "Earth's oxygen cycle and the evolution of animal life." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 8933–8938. 113, (32), WASHINGTON; 2101 CONSTITUTION AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20418 USA: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1521544113.
  • Darroch, Simon A. F., Sperling, Erik A., Boag, Thomas H., Racicot, Rachel A., Mason, Sara J., Morgan, Alex S., Tweedt, Sarah M., Myrow, Paul, Johnston, David T., Erwin, Douglas H., and Laflamme, Marc. 2015. "Biotic replacement and mass extinction of the Ediacara biota." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 20151003. 282, (1814), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1003.
  • Day, Michael O., Ramezani, Jahandar, Bowring, Samuel A., Sadler, Peter M., Erwin, Douglas H., Abdala, Fernando, and Rubidge, Bruce S. 2015. "When and how did the terrestrial mid-Permian mass extinction occur? Evidence from the tetrapod record of the Karoo Basin, South Africa." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, (1811), London: The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0834.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "David M. Raup (1933–2015)." Nature, 36–36. 524, (7563), London: Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/524036a.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "Eric Davidson (1937–2015)." Current Biology, R968–R969. 25, (20), London: Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.034.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "Eric Davidson (1937–2015)." Science, 517. 350, (6260), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad6065.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "A public goods approach to major evolutionary innovations." Geobiology, 308–315. 13, (4), https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12137.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "Novelty and Innovation in the History of Life." Current Biology, 25, (19), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.019.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "Early metazoan life: divergence, environment and ecology." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 20150036. 370, (1684), London: Royal Society (Great Britain). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0036.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "Was the Ediacaran–Cambrian radiation a unique evolutionary event?" Paleobiology, 1–15. 41, (01), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2014.2.
  • Hull, Pincelli M., Darroch, Simon A. F., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "Rarity in mass extinctions and the future of ecosystems." Nature, 345–351. 528, (7582), London: Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16160.
  • Tweedt, Sarah M. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2015. "Origin of Metazoan Developmental Toolkits and Their Expression in the Fossil Record." In Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life. Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki and Nedelcu, Aurora M., editors. 47–77. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. 2 in Advances in Marine Genomics . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9642-2_3.
  • Simpson, Carl and Erwin, Douglas H. 2014. [Book review] "Homology, Genes, and Evolutionary Innovation." Science, 344 (6189) 1234–1235. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1254407.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Valentine, James. 2013. The Cambrian explosion : the construction of animal biodiversity. Greenwood Village, Colorado: Roberts and Company.
  • Odling-Smee, John, Erwin, Douglas H., Palkovacs, Eric P., Feldman, Marcus W., and Laland, Kevin N. 2013. "Niche Construction Theory: A Practical Guide for Ecologists." The Quarterly review of biology, 3–28. 88, (1), https://doi.org/10.1086/669266.
  • Laflamme, Marc, Darroch, Simon A. F., Tweedt, Sarah M., Peterson, Kevin J., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2012. "The End of the Ediacara Biota: Extinction, Biotic Replacement, or Cheshire Cat?" Gondwana Research, 558–573. 23, (2), Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2012.11.004.
  • Bush, Andrew M., Bambach, Richard K., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2011. "Ecospace Utilization During the Ediacaran Radiation and the Cambrian Eco-explosion." In Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life : Numerical Approaches to the Evaluation of Fossils and Ancient Ecosystems. Laflamme, Marc, Schiffbauer, James D., and Dornbos, Stephen Q., editors. 111–133. Springer Netherlands. 36 in Topics in Geobiology .
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2011. "A Paleontological Look at History." Cliodynamics, 27–39. 2, (1),
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2011. "Novelties that change carrying capacity." Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 460–465. 318, (6), https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.21429.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2011. "Evolutionary uniformitarianism." Developmental biology, 27–34. 357, (1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.01.020.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2011. "Macroevolution: Dynamics of Diversity." Current Biology, R1000–R1001. 21, (24), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.007.
  • Erwin, Douglas H., Laflamme, Marc, Tweedt, Sarah M., Sperling, Erik A., Pisani, Davide, and Peterson, Kevin J. 2011. "The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals." Science, 1091–1097. 334, (6059), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1206375.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Tweedt, Sarah M. 2011. "Ecological drivers of the Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa." Evolutionary Ecology, 417–433. 26, (2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-011-9505-7.
  • Krakauer, David C., Collins, James P., Erwin, Douglas H., Flack, Jessica C., Fontana, Walter, Laubichler, Manfred D., Prohaska, Sonja J., West, Geoffrey B., and Stadler, Peter F. 2011. "The challenges and scope of theoretical biology." Journal of theoretical biology, 269–276. 276, (1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.01.051.
  • Shen, Shu-zhong, Crowley, James L., Wang, Yue, Bowring, Samuel A., Erwin, Douglas H., Sadler, Peter M., Cao, Chang-qun, Rothman, Daniel H., Henderson, Charles M., Ramezani, Jahandar, Zhang, Hua, Shen, Yanan, Wang, Xiang-Dong, Wang, Wei, Mu, Lin, Li, Wen-Zhong, Tang, Yue-Gang, Liu, Xiao-Lei, Liu, Lu-Jun, Zeng, Yong, Jiang, Yao-Fa, and Jin, Yu-Gan. 2011. "Calibrating the End-Permian Mass Extinction." Science, 1367–1372. 334, (6061), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1213454.
  • Maloof, Adam C., Rose, Catherine V., Beach, Robert, Samuels, Bradley M., Calmet, Claire C., Erwin, Douglas H., Poirier, Gerald R., Yao, Nan, and Simons, Frederik J. 2010. "Possible animal-body fossils in pre-Marinoan limestones from South Australia." Nature Geoscience, 653–659. 3,
  • Bennington, J. Bret, DiMichele, William A., Badgley, Catherine, Bambach, Richard K., Barrett, Paul M., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Bobe, Rene, Burnham, Robyn J., Daeschler, Edward B., Van Dam, Jan, Eronen, Jussi T., Erwin, Douglas H., Finnegan, Seth, Holland, Steven M., Hunt, Gene, Jablonski, David, Jackson, Stephen T., Jacobs, Bonnie E., Kidwell, Susan M., Koch, Paul L., Kowalewski, Michal J., Labandeira, Conrad C., Looy, Cindy V., Lyons, Sara K., Novack-Gottshall, Philip M. et al. 2009. "Critical Issues of Scale in Paleoecology." Palaios, 1–4. 24, (1-2), https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2009.S01.
  • Davidson, E. H. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2009. "An Integrated View of Precambrian Eumetazoan Evolution." Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 65–80. 74,
  • Davidson, Eric H. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2009. "Evolutionary innovation and stability in animal gene networks." Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 182–186. 314B, (3),
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2009. "La terre en pleines transformations." La Recherche, 39–42. 428,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2009. "Early origin of the bilaterian developmental toolkit." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 2253–2261. 364, (1527), LONDON; 6-9 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, LONDON SW1Y 5AG, ENGLAND: Royal Society (Great Britain). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0038.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2009. "Climate as a Driver of Evolutionary Change." Current Biology, R575–R583. 19, (14), CAMBRIDGE; 600 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE, 5TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA: CELL PRESS. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.047.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2009. "A call to the custodians of deep time." Nature, 282–283. 462, (7271), London; Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan St, London N1 9XW, England: Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/462282a.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Davidson, E. H. 2009. "The evolution of hierarchical gene regulatory networks." Nature Reviews Genetics, 141–148. 10,
  • Krakauer, D. C., Page, K., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2009. "Diversity,dilemmas and monopolies of niche construction." American Naturalist, 26–40. 173, University of Chicago Press.
  • Olszewski, Thomas D. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2009. "Change and Stability in Permian Brachiopod Communities from Western Texas." Palaios, 27–40. 24, (1), https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2008.p08-061r.
  • Clauset, A. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2008. "The evolution and distribution of species body size." Science, 399–401. 321,
  • Dunne, J. A., Williams, R. J., Martinez, N. D., Wood, R. A., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2008. "Compilation and network analysis of Cambrian Food webs." PLoS Biology, 693–708. 6, (4), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060102.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2008. "Extinction as the loss of evolutionary history." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 11520–11527. 105, WASHINGTON; 2101 CONSTITUTION AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20418 USA: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2008. "Wonderful Ediacarans, wonderful cnidarians?" Evolution & development, 263–264. 10, (3), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00234.x.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2008. "Macroevolution of ecosystem engineering, niche construction and diversity." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 304–310. 23, (6), LONDON; 84 THEOBALDS RD, LONDON WC1X 8RR, ENGLAND: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.01.013.
  • Bambach, Richard K., Bush, A. M., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2007. "Autecology and the realized ecospace of marine metazoa." Palaeontology, 1–22. 50,
  • Bambach, Richard K., Bush, Andrew M., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2007. "Autecology and the filling of ecospace: Key metazoan radiations." Palaeontology, 1–22. 50, OXFORD; 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2007. "Increasing returns, ecological feedback and the Early Triassic recovery." Palaeoworld, 9–15. 16,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2007. "Disparity: Morphological patterns and developmental context." Palaeontology, 57–73. 50,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2007. [Book review] "Endless forms most beautiful." Artificial Life, 13 (1) 87–89. CAMBRIDGE; 238 MAIN STREET, STE 500, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142-1046 USA: M I T PRESS. https://doi.org/10.1162/artl.2007.13.1.87.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2007. [Book review] "Survival of the Fittest." American Scientist, 95 76–77.
  • Zhang, X. L., Shu, D. G., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2007. "Cambrian Naraoiids (Arthropoda)." Journal of Paleontology Memoir, 52. 68,
  • Zhang, X. -L, Shu, D. -G, and Erwin, Douglas H. 2007. "Cambrian naraoiids (arthropoda): Morphology, ontogeny, systematics, and evolutionary relationships." Journal of Paleontology, 1–52. 81, (5), LAWRENCE; 810 EAST 10TH ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC. https://doi.org/10.1666/06-082.1.
  • Davidson, E. H. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "Gene regulatory networks and the evolution of animal body plans." Science, 796–800. 311,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "Presentation of the paleontological society medal to Andrew H. Knoll." Journal of Paleontology, 801–801. 80, (4), LAWRENCE; 810 EAST 10TH ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC. https://doi.org/10.2113/36.1.15.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "Dates and Rates: Temporal resolution in the deep time Stratigraphic record." Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 569–590. 34,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "Quick Guide: Contingency and Constraint: A Cosmic Convergence?" Current Biology, R825–R826. 16, (19), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.076.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. Extinction! How Life Nearly Ended 250 Million Years ago. Princeton University Press.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "Evolutionary contingency." Current Biology, R825–R826. 16, (19), CAMBRIDGE; 1100 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 USA: CELL PRESS.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "Opportunities and Challenges of a highly resolved Geological time scale." Geochronology: Emerging Opportunities (Paleontological Society Papers), 171–180. 12,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "The developmental origins of animal bodyplans." In Neoproterozoic Geobiology and Paleobiology,. Shuhai, Xiao and Kauffman, A. J., editors. 159–197. Springer.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. [Book review] "Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities." Palaeontological Society Newsletter, (61) 112–113.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Davidson, Eric H. 2006. "Response to comment on "Gene regulatory networks and the evolution of animal body plans"." Science, 761c–761c. 313, (5788), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1126765.
  • Jackson, Jeremy B. C. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "What Can We Learn About Ecology and Evolution From the Fossil Record?" Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 322–328. (6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2006.03.017.
  • Tong, J. N., Zhou, X. G., Erwin, Douglas H., Zuo, J. X., and Zhao, L. S. 2006. "Fossil fishes from the Lower Triassic of Mahiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China." Journal of Paleontology, 146–161. 80,
  • Wagner, Peter J. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2006. "Patterns of convergence in general shell form among Paleozoic gastropods." Paleobiology, 315–336. 32,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. "Paleontology: Out of the past and into the future." GeoTimes, 32–34. 50, (12),
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. [Book review] "The Plausibility of Life." Cell, 123 1–3.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. [Book review] "Assembling the Tree of Life." American Scientist, 93 365–367.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. "The origin of animal body plans." In Evolving Form and Function. Fossils and Development: Proceedings of a symposim honoring Adolf Seilacher for his contributions to paleontology, in celebration of his 80th Birthday. Briggs, E. G., editor. 67–80. Peabody Museum of Natural History.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. "Seeds of diversity." Science, 1752–1753. 308, (5729), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1113416.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. "Robustness in the history of life?" In Robust Design. A repertoire of Biological, Ecological and Engineering case studies, SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity. Jen, E., editor. 191–205. Oxford University Press.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. "Presentation of the Charles Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society to Peter J. Wagner, III." Journal of the Paleontological Society, 828. 79,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. "Development, Ecology, and Environment in the Cambrian Metazoan Radiation." Special Issue of the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 24–31. 56,
  • Flessa, K. W., Jackson, S. T., Aber, J. D., Arthur, M. A., Crane, P. R., Erwin, Douglas H., Graham, R. W., Jackson, B. C., Kidwell, Susan M., Maples, C. G., Peterson, C. H., and Reichman, O. J. 2005. The Geological Record of Biosphere Dynamics. National Research Council.
  • Ward, P. D., Botha, J., Buick, R., De Kock, M. O., Erwin, Douglas H., Garrison, G. H., Kirschvink, J. L., and Smith, R. 2005. "Abrupt and gradual extinction among Late Permian land vertebrates in the Karoo Basin, South Africa." Science, 709–714. 307, (5710), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1107068.
  • Ward, P. D., Buick, R., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. "Response to comment on "Abrupt and gradual extinction among late Permian land vertebrates in the Karoo basin, South Africa"." Science, 308, (5727), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1110538.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2004. "One Very Long Argument. Review of "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory" by Stephen Jay Gould." Biology and Philosophy, 17–28. 19,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2004. "Mass extinctions and radiations." In Evolution: From Molecules to Ecosystems. Moya, A. and Font, E., editors. 218–228. Oxford University Press.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2004. [Book review] "Telling Evolutionary Time: Molecular Clocks and the Fossil Record." The Quarterly Review of Biology, 79 413–414.
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  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Krakauer, D. C. 2004. "Insights into innovation." Science, 1117–1119. 304, (5674), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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  • Nutzel, A. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2004. "Late Triassic (Norian) Gastropods from the Wallowa Terrane (Idaho, U.S.A.)." Palaontologische Zeitschrift, 361–416. 78,
  • Olszewski, T. D. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2004. "Dynamic response of Permian brachiopod communities to long-term environmental change." Nature, 738–741. 428, (6984), LONDON; MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02464.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2003. "Impact at the Permo-Triassic boundary: A critical evaluation." Astrobiology, 67–74. 3, (1), LARCHMONT; 2 MADISON AVENUE, LARCHMONT, NY 10538 USA: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2003. [Book review] "Life's solution - Inevitable humans in a lonely universe." Science, 302 (5651) 1682–1683. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Pan, H. Z., Erwin, Douglas H., Nutzel, A., and Zhu, Z. S. 2003. "Jiangxispira, a new gastropod genus from the Early Triassic of China with remarks on the phylogeny of the Heterostropha at the Permian." Journal of Paleontology, 44–49. 77, (1), LAWRENCE; 810 EAST 10TH ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Davidson, E. H. 2002. "The last common bilaterian ancestor." Development, 3021–3032. 129, (13), CAMBRIDGE; BIDDER BUILDING CAMBRIDGE COMMERCIAL PARK COWLEY RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 4DL, CAMBS, ENGLAND: COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD.
  • Hua-Zhang, P. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2002. "Gastropods from the Permian of Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, south China." Journal of Paleontology, 1–49. 76, (1), LAWRENCE; 810 EAST 10TH ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC.
  • Sole, R. V., Montoya, J. M., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2002. "Recovery after mass extinction: evolutionary assembly in large-scale biosphere dynamics." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 697–707. 357, (1421), LONDON; 6 CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, LONDON SW1Y 5AG, ENGLAND: Royal Society (Great Britain). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2001.0987.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2001. "Lessons from the past: Biotic recoveries from mass extinctions." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 5399–5403. 98, (10), WASHINGTON; 2101 CONSTITUTION AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20418 USA: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).
  • Kidder, D. L. and Erwin, Douglas H. 2001. "Secular distribution of biogenic silica through the phanerozoic: Comparison of silica-replaced fossils and bedded cherts at the series level." Journal of Geology, 509–522. 109, (4), CHICAGO; 1427 E 60TH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60637-2954 USA: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS.
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  • Tong, Jinnan and Erwin, Douglas H. 2001. Triassic Gastropods of the Southern Qinling Mountains, China. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.92.1.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2000. "Lifo's downs and ups." Nature, 129–130. 404, (6774), LONDON; PORTERS SOUTH, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND: MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2000. "Macroevolution is more than repeated rounds of microevolution." Evolution & development, 78–84. 2, (2), MALDEN; 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN, MA 02148 USA: BLACKWELL SCIENCE INC.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 2000. "Presentation of the Charles Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society to Charles R. Marshall." Journal of Paleontology, 758–758. 74, (4), LAWRENCE; 810 EAST 10TH ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC.
  • Jin, Y. G., Wang, Y., Wang, W., Shang, Q. H., Cao, C. Q., and Erwin, Douglas H. 2000. "Pattern of marine mass extinction near the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China." Science, 432–436. 289, (5478), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Nutzel, A., Erwin, Douglas H., and Mapes, R. H. 2000. "Identity and phylogeny of the late Paleozoic Subulitoidea (Gastropoda)." Journal of Paleontology, 575–598. 74, (4), LAWRENCE; 810 EAST 10TH ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC.
  • Bowring, S. A., Erwin, Douglas H., and Isozaki, Y. 1999. "The tempo of mass extinction and recovery: The end-Permian example." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 8827–8828. 96, (16), WASHINGTON; 2101 CONSTITUTION AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20418 USA: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1999. "The origin of bodyplans." American Zoologist, 617–629. 39, (3), LAWRENCE; 1041 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA: AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1999. "Biospheric perturbations during Gondwanan times: from the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian radiation to the end-Permian crisis." Journal of African Earth Sciences, 115–127. 28, (1), OXFORD; THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
  • Glenister, B. F., Wardlaw, B. R., Lambert, L. L., Spinosa, C., Bowring, S. A., Erwin, Douglas H., Menning, M., and Wilde, G. L. 1999. "Proposal of Guadalupian and Component Roadian, Wordian, and Capitanian Stages as International Standards for the Middle Permian Series." Permophiles, 3–11. 34,
  • Valentine, James W., Jablonski, D., and Erwin, Douglas H. 1999. "Fossils, molecules and embryos: new perspectives on the Cambrian explosion." Development, 851–859. 126, (5), CAMBRIDGE; BIDDER BUILDING CAMBRIDGE COMMERCIAL PARK COWLEY RD, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, ENGLAND CB4 4DL: COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD.
  • Bowring, S. A. and Erwin, Douglas H. 1998. "A new Look at Evolutionary Rates in Deep Time: Uniting Paleontology and High-Precision Geochronology." GSA Today, 1–8. 8, (9), Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America.
  • Bowring, S. A., Erwin, Douglas H., Jin, Y. G., Martin, M. W., Davidek, K., and Wang, W. 1998. "U/Pb Zircon Geochronology and Tempo of the End-Permian Mass Extinction." Science, 1039–1045. 280, (5366), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1998. "Evolution - After the end: Recovery from extinction." Science, 1324–1325. 279, (5355), Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1998. "Review. "The Origin of Animal Body Plans; A Study in Evolutionary Biology," by Wallace Arthur." Palaios, 608. 13, (6),
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1998. "The end and the beginning: recoveries from mass extinctions." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 344–349. 13, (9), OXFORD; THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND: ELSEVIER SCI LTD.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1997. [Book review] "Paleontological events. Stratigraphic, ecological, and evolutionary implications - Brett,CE, Baird,GC." Science, 278 (5339) 815–816. WASHINGTON; 1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1997. "Review of "Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era: What the Fossils Say," by J. D. Archibald; "Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction, Biotic and Environmental Changes," by N. MacLeod and G. Keller; and "The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy," by C. O." American Paleontologist, 9–10. 5, (1),
  • Erwin, Douglas H., Valentine, James W., and Jablonski, D. 1997. "The origin of animal body plans." American Scientist, 126–137. 85, (2), RES TRIANGLE PK; PO BOX 13975, RES TRIANGLE PK, NC 27709: SIGMA XI-SCI RES SOC.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Zeigler, W. 1997. "Paleontology in Museums and Institutes in the 21st Century." Kleine Senckenbergreihe, 69–75. (25),
  • Schubert, J. K., Kidder, D. L., and Erwin, Douglas H. 1997. "Silica-replaced fossils through the phanerozoic." Geology, 1031–1034. 25, (11), BOULDER; PO BOX 9140 3300 PENROSE PLACE, BOULDER, CO 80301: GEOLOGICAL SOC AMERICA.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1996. "Murchison, Roderick." In Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences. Dasch, E. J., editor. 698–699. New York: Macmillan.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1996. "Understanding Biotic Recoveries: Extinction, Survival, and Preservation during the End- Permian Mass Extinction." In Evolutionary Paleobiology. Jablonski, D., Erwin, Douglas H., and Lipps, J. H., editors. 398–418. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1996. "The mother of mass extinctions." Scientific American, 72–78. 275, (1), NEW YORK; 415 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10017: SCI AMERICAN INC.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1996. "La Extinción en del Pérmico y su Imacto Evolutivo." In La Lógica de las Extinciones. Agusti, J., editor. 97–121. Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, S. A.
  • Erwin, Douglas H., Jablonski, D., and Lipps, J. H. 1996. "James W. Valentine, an Appreciation." In Evolutionary Paleobiology. Jablonski, D., Erwin, Douglas H., and Lipps, J. H., editors. 1–17. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Pan, H. -Z. 1996. "Recoveries and Radiations: Gastropods after the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction." In Biotic Recovery from Mass Extinction Events. Hart, M. B., editor. 201–221. London: Geological Society of London.
  • Valentine, James W., Erwin, Douglas H., and Jablonski, D. 1996. "Developmental evolution of metazoan bodyplans: The fossil evidence." Developmental biology, 373–381. 173, (2), SAN DIEGO; 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495: ACADEMIC PRESS INC JNL-COMP SUBSCRIPTIONS.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1995. "Diversity crises in the geologic past." In Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. 507–516.
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  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1995. "Review of: W. Glen, ed., The Mass Extinction Debates: How Science Works in a Crisis." American Scientist, 376–377. 83,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1995. "The end-Permian mass extinction." In Permian of the Northern Continents. Scholle, P., editor. 20–34. New York: Springer Verlag.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1995. "Permian Global Bio-events." In Global Events and Event Stratigraphy. Walliser, O. H., editor. 251–264. Berlin: Springer.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Anstey, R. L. 1995. "Speciation in the fossil record." In New Approaches to Speciation in the Fossil Record. Erwin, Douglas H. and Anstey, R. L., editors. 11–38. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Kauffman, Erle G. and Erwin, Douglas H. 1995. "Surviving mass extinctions." GeoTimes, 14–17. 40,
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1994. "Explosions, Extinctions and Evolutionary Trends." The Earth Scientist, 3–5. 11, (1),
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1994. "Major Morphologic Innovations." Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 281–294. 38, (3),
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1994. "The Permo-Triassic Extinction." Nature, 231–236. 367, (6460), LONDON; PORTERS SOUTH, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, ENGLAND N1 9XW: MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1994. "Review of "Basic Questions in Paleontology," by O. H. Schindewolf." American Paleontologist, 8–9. 2, (2),
  • Kauffman, Erle G. and Erwin, Douglas H. 1994. "Igcp-335 - Biotic Recoveries from Mass Extinction - Initial Meetings." Episodes, 68–73. 17, (3), Ottawa, Ontario: International Union of Geological Sciences.
  • Stanley, G. D., Gonzalezleon, C., Sandy, M. R., Senowbaridaryan, B., Doyle, P., Tamura, M., and Erwin, Douglas H. 1994. "Upper Triassic Invertebrates from the Antimonio Formation, Sonora, Mexico." Journal of Paleontology, 1–33. 68, (4), LAWRENCE; 810 EAST 10TH ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC.
  • Benton, M. J. and Erwin, Douglas H. 1993. "Amphineura and Monoplacophora." In The Fossil Record. Benton, M. J., editor. 125–130. London: Chapman and Hall.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1993. "Invertebrate Paleontology." GeoTimes, 25–25. 38, (2), ALEXANDRIA; 4220 KING ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22302-1507: AMER GEOLOGICAL INST.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1993. "The Origin of Metazoan Development - a Paleobiological Perspective." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 255–274. 50, (4), LONDON; 24-28 OVAL RD, LONDON, ENGLAND NW1 7DX: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Droser, M. L. 1993. "Elvis Taxa." Palaios, 623–624. 8, (6), TULSA; 1731 E 71ST STREET, TULSA, OK 74136-5108: SEPM-SOC SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY.
  • Tracey, S., Todd, J. A., and Erwin, Douglas H. 1993. "Mollusca: Gastropoda." In The Fossil Record. Benton, M. J., editor. 131–167. London: Chapman and Hall.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1992. "Invertebrate Paleontology." GeoTimes, 31–32. 37, (2), ALEXANDRIA; 4220 KING ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22302-1507: AMER GEOLOGICAL INST.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. and Vogel, T. A. 1992. "Testing for Causal Relationships between Large Pyroclastic Volcanic-Eruptions and Mass Extinctions." Geophysical Research Letters, 893–896. 19, (9), WASHINGTON; 2000 FLORIDA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20009: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1991. "Metazoan Phylogeny and the Cambrian Radiation." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 131–134. 6, (4), OXFORD; THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD, OXON, ENGLAND OX5 1GB: ELSEVIER SCI LTD.
  • Erwin, Douglas H. 1991. "Invertebrate Paleontology." GeoTimes, 31–32. 36, (2), ALEXANDRIA; 4220 KING ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22302-1507: AMER GEOLOGICAL INST.

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