Lyall watson biography of martin
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Lyall Watson
South African biologist (–)
Lyall Watson (12 April – 25 June ) was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature.
Lyall watson biography of martin
Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms. He is credited with coining the "hundredth monkey" effect in his book, Lifetide;[1][2] later, in The Whole Earth Review, he conceded this was "a metaphor of my own making".[3]
Life
Malcolm Lyall-Watson was born in Johannesburg.
He had an early fascination for nature in the surrounding bush, learning from Zulu and !Kung bushmen. Watson attended boarding school at Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town, completing his studies in He enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand in , at the age of 15 where, by the time he was 19, he had earned degrees in both botany and zoology, before securing an apprent