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Palaeontologist awarded 2026 Templeton Prize

Palaeontologist awarded 2026 Templeton Prize

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

THE winner of 2026 Templeton Prize, worth £1.1 million, is the palaeontologist Professor Simon Conway Morris, it was announced on Tuesday. He was awarded the prize “for his outstanding contributions to the field of evolutionary biology and his end...

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