TY - GEN N2 - In 1972 Stephen Jay Gould took the scientific world by storm with his paper on punctuated equilibrium. Challenging a core assumption of Darwin's theory of evolution, it launched the controversial idea that the majority of species originates in geological moments (punctuations) and persists in stasis. Now, thirty-five years later, Punctuated Equilibrium offers his only book-length testament on a theory he fiercely promoted, repeatedly refined, and tirelessly defended. DO - 10.4159/9780674037847 DO - doi AB - In 1972 Stephen Jay Gould took the scientific world by storm with his paper on punctuated equilibrium. Challenging a core assumption of Darwin's theory of evolution, it launched the controversial idea that the majority of species originates in geological moments (punctuations) and persists in stasis. Now, thirty-five years later, Punctuated Equilibrium offers his only book-length testament on a theory he fiercely promoted, repeatedly refined, and tirelessly defended. T1 - Punctuated Equilibrium / AU - Gould, Stephen Jay, JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 CN - QH398 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478437 KW - Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution). KW - SCIENCE / Paleontology. SN - 9780674037847 TI - Punctuated Equilibrium / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674037847 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674037847 ER -