Stephen Jay Gould
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American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
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Stephen Jay Gould (English)
Stephen Jay Gould (English)
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Gould graduated ... / With Niles Eldredge, he developed in 1972 the theory of punctuated equilibrium, a revision of Darwinian theory proposing that the creation of new species through evolutionary change occurs not at slow, constant rates over millions of years but rather in rapid bursts over periods as short as thousands of years, which are then followed by long periods of stability during which organisms undergo little further change. (English)
Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941-2002
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Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941-2002
Stephen Jay Gould / American paleontologist
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Gould graduated ... / With Niles Eldredge, he developed in 1972 the theory of punctuated equilibrium, a revision of Darwinian theory proposing that the creation of new species through evolutionary change occurs not at slow, constant rates over millions of years but rather in rapid bursts over periods as short as thousands of years, which are then followed by long periods of stability during which organisms undergo little further change. (English)
Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941-2002
Stephen Jay Gould (10 Sep 1941 - 20 May 2002)