Re: was "phyletic gradualism" coined by Eldredge and Gould?
- From: j.wilkins1@xxxxxxxxx (John Wilkins)
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:05:37 -0400 (EDT)
Perplexed in Peoria <jimmenegay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Danniel Soares" <dannielsc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
Did anyone really use this term *before* them, or explicitly expressed
the same definition they gave of the pattern of macroevolution?
I have the impression that PE is somewhat redundant, potentially
implicit in the modern synthesis, and that PG is more a fictional
strawman than something that ever was very seriously defended.
In "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory", Gould makes a pretty good
case IMHO that *Darwin* promoted PG. That makes it a bit more than
a strawman - though not necessarily a weight-bearing pillar of the
edifice.
It was, though a phrase coined by them. I haven't seen it in any of the
pre-1972 sources so far.
What is 'PE'? Phyletic Evolution?
I'm guessing he means punctuated equilibrium.
--
John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
University of Queensland - Blog: scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts
"He used... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor,
bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. He was vicious."
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