Evolution (Evolution)

by David Turell , Saturday, January 24, 2009, 17:14 (5571 days ago) @ George Jelliss

&#13;&#10;> << Authors such as Richard Dawkins argue that such constant-rate gradualism is not present in academic literature, serving only as a straw-man for punctuated equilibrium advocates. He refutes the idea that Charles Darwin himself was a constant-rate gradualist, as suggested by Stephen Jay Gould, for Darwin has explicitly stated that &quot;Many species, once formed, never undergo any further change...; and the periods, during which species have undergone modification, though long as measured by years, have probably been short in comparison with the periods during which they retain the same form.&quot; >> - Here is Gould in his own words. Note the first complete paragraph on page 263, describing the fossil record as it truly exists: http://books.google.com/books?id=yfXJhKmp1wUC&pg=PA263&lpg=PA264&ots=lcqAoi...