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Stephen Jay Gould · Science & Medicine

What

Paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who co-developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium.

When

1941, New York City, USA — 2002, New York City, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Stephen Jay Gould is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who co-developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium.

How & why

Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at Harvard who, with Niles Eldredge, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium, holding that evolutionary change often occurs in rapid bursts separated by long stasis. He was also one of the most widely read science essayists of his era. He was born into a secular Jewish family in New York.

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Paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who co-developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium.

1941

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology