Niles Eldredge
Niles Eldredge is an American paleontologist and biologist born on August 25, 1943, best known for co-proposing the theory of punctuated equilibrium with Stephen Jay Gould in 1972, which describes evolution occurring in rapid bursts followed by long periods of stasis. A specialist in mid-Paleozoic trilobites, he has been a curator at the American Museum of Natural History since 1969, now Curator Emeritus, and has authored numerous books on evolution, biodiversity, and extinction patterns.
Aug 25, 1943
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paleontology
evolutionary biology
Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond
Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life
Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought
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Life on Earth: An Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution: Life on Earth [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution [2 volumes]
MacRo Evolutionary Dynamics: Species, Niches, and Adaptive Peaks
The monkey business: A scientist looks at creationism