This is likely the pattern recognized in Niles Eldredge and Stephen Gould's punctuated equilibrium. |
Indeed, economists have good reason to find the theory of punctuated equilibrium uncongenial. |
But again, I do not see that species selection follows from either punctuated equilibrium or the individuality of species. |
The theory of punctuated equilibrium will come to be seen in proportion, as an interesting but minor wrinkle on the surface of Neo-Darwinian theory. |
I didn't mention punctuated equilibrium or allopatric speciation either, because it isn't relevant to the matter at hand. |
His best-known contribution to evolutionary biology was the theory of punctuated equilibrium that he developed with his colleague Niles Eldridge. |