Niles Eldredge

Niles Eldredge
Born (1943-08-24) August 24, 1943 (age 81)
Alma materColumbia University (BA, PhD)
Known forMacroevolution; punctuated equilibria; biodiversity crisis
AwardsCharles Schuchert Award (1979)
Paleontological Society Medal (2008)
Scientific career
InstitutionsColumbia University
ThesisGeographic variation and evolution in Phacops rana (Green 1832) and Phacops iowensis Delo, 1935, in the Middle Devonian of North America (1969)
Academic advisorsNorman D. Newell
Doctoral studentsGregory Edgecombe,[1] Bruce S. Lieberman
Websitenileseldredge.com

Niles Eldredge (/ˈɛldrɪ/ ELD-rij; born August 25, 1943) is an American biologist and paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972.[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Edgecombe, Gregory Donald (1991). Systematic studies on the trilobite order Phacopida (PhD thesis). Columbia University. OCLC 933526770. ProQuest 303964340.
  2. ^ "Paleontology". Research.amnh.org. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  3. ^ "Niles Eldredge". c250.columbia.edu.
  4. ^ "Confessions of a Darwinist - VQR Online". www.vqronline.org.
  5. ^ Conversation with Harold Hudson on YouTube
  6. ^ "Niles Eldredge -- Paleontology and Evolution". Niles Eldredge -- Paleontology and Evolution.

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