Randolph M. Nesse
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Randolph M. Nesse is an American physician and evolutionary biologist known for pioneering the field of evolutionary medicine and coauthoring influential works on the evolutionary origins of disease.
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| Randolph M. Nesse canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7129928 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randolph M. Nesse Context triple: [George C. Williams, coAuthor, Randolph M. Nesse]
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Dr. Peter Leavitt
Dr. Peter Leavitt is a key scientist in Michael Crichton’s science fiction novel "The Andromeda Strain," involved in the high-stakes investigation of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism.
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B.
Richard T. Heffron
Richard T. Heffron was an American film and television director known for works such as "Futureworld" and the miniseries "North and South."
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C.
Ronald E. Evans
Ronald E. Evans was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator best known for serving as the command module pilot on the final Apollo lunar mission.
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D.
Eric E. Osmond
Eric E. Osmond is a film editor best known for his work on the animated feature "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
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E.
Richard H. Garrett
Richard H. Garrett was a Virginia farmer best known for owning the rural property near Port Royal where John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, was captured and killed in 1865.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randolph M. Nesse Target entity description: Randolph M. Nesse is an American physician and evolutionary biologist known for pioneering the field of evolutionary medicine and coauthoring influential works on the evolutionary origins of disease.
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A.
Dr. Peter Leavitt
Dr. Peter Leavitt is a key scientist in Michael Crichton’s science fiction novel "The Andromeda Strain," involved in the high-stakes investigation of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism.
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B.
Richard T. Heffron
Richard T. Heffron was an American film and television director known for works such as "Futureworld" and the miniseries "North and South."
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C.
Ronald E. Evans
Ronald E. Evans was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator best known for serving as the command module pilot on the final Apollo lunar mission.
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D.
Eric E. Osmond
Eric E. Osmond is a film editor best known for his work on the animated feature "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
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E.
Richard H. Garrett
Richard H. Garrett was a Virginia farmer best known for owning the rural property near Port Royal where John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, was captured and killed in 1865.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evolutionary biologist
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human ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| coauthorOf |
Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
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linked to:
Why We Get Sick (1994)
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| coauthorWith | George C. Williams ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Carleton College
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University of Michigan Medical School ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan Medicine
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| fieldOfWork |
evolutionary biology
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evolutionary medicine ⓘ evolutionary psychology ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAffiliation |
Arizona State University
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University of Michigan ⓘ |
| hasAcademicSpecialty |
Darwinian medicine
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evolutionary approaches to mental disorders ⓘ |
| hasPublishedOn |
evolutionary explanations for anxiety
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evolutionary explanations for depression ⓘ evolutionary perspectives on aging ⓘ evolutionary perspectives on infectious disease ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
evolutionary foundations of emotions
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evolutionary psychiatry ⓘ mismatch between modern environments and evolved adaptations ⓘ natural selection and disease vulnerability ⓘ |
| hasResearchOutput |
books on evolutionary medicine
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peer-reviewed articles on evolutionary explanations for disease ⓘ |
| hasRole | pioneer of evolutionary medicine ⓘ |
| influenced | development of evolutionary medicine as a discipline ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering the field of evolutionary medicine
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popularizing Darwinian perspectives in clinical medicine ⓘ research on evolutionary origins of disease ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
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linked to:
Why We Get Sick
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| occupation |
professor
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psychiatrist ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Founding Director of the Center for Evolution and Medicine at Arizona State University
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Professor at Arizona State University ⓘ Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Arizona State University
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University of Michigan ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Randolph M. Nesse Description of subject: Randolph M. Nesse is an American physician and evolutionary biologist known for pioneering the field of evolutionary medicine and coauthoring influential works on the evolutionary origins of disease.
Referenced by (5)
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