The concept of punctuated equilibrium was, to some, a radical new idea when it was first proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge in 1972. Now it is widely recognized as a useful model for one ...

Although evolutionary biologists don't like the Discovery Institute's "Teach the Controversy" suggestion, it's not because they don't think that there are no controversies to be taught. It's just that ...

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Over the past 500 million years, nearly all evolutionary changes in octopuses and squids occurred in rapid bursts during the emergence of new species, according to research from the University of ...

Editor's Note: This article was originally published at ScienceNordic. Humans have always wondered how so many different animals and plants have come to populate the Earth. Many different explanations ...

The concept of punctuated equilibrium was, to some, a radical new idea when it was first proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge in 1972. Now it is widely recognized as a useful model for one ...