Niles Eldredge | |
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Born | August 24, 1943 |
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, PhD) |
Known for | Macroevolution; punctuated equilibria; biodiversity crisis |
Awards | Charles Schuchert Award (1979) Paleontological Society Medal (2008) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Columbia University |
Thesis | Geographic variation and evolution in Phacops rana (Green 1832) and Phacops iowensis Delo, 1935, in the Middle Devonian of North America (1969) |
Academic advisors | Norman D. Newell |
Doctoral students | Gregory Edgecombe,[1] Bruce S. Lieberman |
Website | nileseldredge |
Niles Eldredge (/ˈɛldrɪdʒ/ 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]