The return of Eldredge and Gould’s punctuated evolution? - ISCAST

The return of Eldredge and Gould’s punctuated evolution?

This article in Australia’s Cosmos magazine brings news of a new preprint article supporting the idea that evolution happens in fits and bursts (their term; punctuated equilibria). The theory was made famous by Stephen Jay Gould (photo), also well known for NOMA: the idea that the areas of enquiry of science and religion constitute Non-overlapping Magisteria.