This highly controversial theory was put forth mainly by British chemist James E.  Lovelock and American biologist Lynn Margulis in the early 1970s.
This highly controversial theory was put forth mainly by British chemist James E.  Lovelock and American biologist Lynn Margulis in the early 1970s. It states that all living things regulate the earth's environment, promoting an life­sustaining condition. Hence, the earth itself is considered a complex system of interacting life. For ten points, identify this theory that the earth is actually a single living organism, a theory named for the Greek goddess of the earth.
This highly controversial theory was put forth mainly by British chemist James E.  Lovelock and American biologist Lynn Margulis in the early 1970s.
{Gaia} Hypothesis or Theory