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Writing tagged: ‘stephen jay gould’

The surprise punctuationist

On how Charles Darwin believed that evolution did not have to occur at a constant rate.

Published 02-Jan-2009
Filed under: Articles Tags: charles darwin, evolution, niles eldredge, punctuated equilibrium, stephen jay gould

Remind you of anything?

Languages evolve in sudden leaps, not creeps.

Published 01-Feb-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: language, punctuated equilibrium, stephen jay gould

Deconstructing Watson

Why we need to be careful when reporting stories on genetics/race/intelligence.

Published 09-Dec-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: genetics, intelligence, race, stephen jay gould, watson

Gould would have loved this

Evolutionary 'big bang' gave rise to flowering plants.

Published 28-Nov-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: punctuated equilibrium, speciation, stephen jay gould

Well worth 20 minutes

Gould and Lewontin's 'The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm'.

Published 07-Oct-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: richard lewontin, spandrels, stephen jay gould

Reversing Darwin

In which Gould, Dawkins and Darwin all make a contribution.

Published 06-May-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, photographs, richard dawkins, snails, stephen jay gould

A straggly bush

My memorial to Stephen Jay Gould.

Published 18-Feb-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: beagle voyage, climate change, species named after darwin, stephen jay gould

Triassic Explosion

Fossil research suggests 'mass dying' triggered teeming oceans.

Published 28-Nov-2006
Filed under: Blog Tags: oceans, permian, punctuated equilibrium, stephen jay gould

Blind testing

A interesting new study lends support to Darwin's suggestion that certain facial expressions might be inherited.

Published 22-Oct-2006
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, expression of emotions, facial expressions, heredity, intelligence, iq, nature v nurture, stephen jay gould

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