Niles Eldredge

We're all Homo here
Evolution

Relevant Hominids

* Charles Darwin
* Alfred Russel Wallace
* Gregor Mendel
* Richard Dawkins
* Jerry Coyne

A Gradual Science

* Archaeopteryx
* Basilosaurus
* National Center for Science Education
* Altenberg 16 controversy

Plain Monkey Business

* Young Earth Creationism
* Old Earth Creationism
* Intelligent Design
* Microevolution vs. Macroevolution

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Niles Eldredge (1943–) is an American paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium.[1] He called for an extended evolutionary synthesis in his book Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought (1985) based on the view of interaction of two hierarchies: a hierarchy of genetic information housed in genes, organisms, species and higher taxa; and an ecological hierarchy, concerned with interactions between biologic entities and the physical environment.[2]

Unfortunately, much like Stephen Jay Gould, Eldredge is usually quote mined by creationists.

## Selected publications[edit]

* Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life (2005)
* The Triumph of Evolution...And the Failure of Creationism (2000)
* Reinventing Darwin: The Great Debate at the High Table of Evolutionary Theory (1995)
* Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of Species (1991)
* Life Pulse: Episodes in the History of Life. Facts on File (1987)
* Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought (1985)

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Biography for Niles Eldredge
2. ↑ Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought by Niles Eldredge