Before revision: The Medea hypothesis is a term coined by paleontologist Peter WardPeter Ward (2009), The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?, for a hypothesis that contests the Gaian hypothesis and proposes that multicellular life, understood as a superorganism, may be self-destructive or suicidal.
After revision: The Medea hypothesis is a term coined by paleontologist Peter Ward for a hypothesis that contests the Gaian hypothesis and proposes that multicellular life, understood as a superorganism, may be self-destructive or suicidal.