Tag: Niles Eldredge
Apeman Waves Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism
A few days ago a sensational new paleontological discovery made headlines around the globe.
Biology Textbooks and the “God-Talk” Problem
A muddle emerges from textbooks’ unprincipled use of theology.
An Unintended Endorsement of Marcos Eberlin’s New Book, Foresight
Some reviews that try to make a book look bad are so ill-informed and malicious that they actually make a good book look better.
Punctuated Equilibria Is Back, but Still Magical
Calling it by a new name doesn’t change the essence of a theory relying on chance.
Latest Homo naledi Bones Are Younger than Expected
In 1982, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Ian Tattersall noted that it is a “myth that the evolutionary histories of living beings are essentially a matter of discovery.”