Richard Goldschmidt

Richard Goldschmidt (1878 – 1958) was an American geneticist who emigrated from Germany. Goldschmidt advanced a pseudoscientific evolutionary hypothesis where macroevolution was postulated to occur through macromutations. Goldschmidt's evolutionary hypothesis is often popularly referred to as the "Hopeful Monster" hypothesis.

## See also[edit]

Punctuated equilibrium

## External links[edit]

* Golschmidt's hopeful monster by Creation Ministries International