tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81404600049921787062024-03-08T13:19:03.794-08:00Evolution- Stephen GouldKatelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732521971274121383noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140460004992178706.post-9830735751904714072013-03-10T18:36:00.002-07:002013-03-10T18:36:07.839-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen Jay Gould is an American scientist. He lived from September 10, 1941- May 20, 2002<span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">. Gould's main findings, publications, and contributions included his most significant contribution in 1972 known as the theory of punctuated equilibrium. T</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">he theory proposes that most evolution is marked by long periods of evolutionary stability, which is punctuated by rare instances of branching evolution.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">He also contributed to evolutionary developmental biology, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">In evolutionary theory he opposed strict selectionism, sociobiology </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;"> as applied to humans, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Evolutionary psychology">e</a>volutionary psychology. H</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">e also campaigned against </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Creationism">c</a>reationism</span> .<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">These findings impacted the developing theory of evolution and relate to the modern theory of evolution by contrasting</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">the popular idea that evolutionary change is marked by a pattern of smooth and continuous change in the fossil record. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hese findings and publications relate to the commonly held beliefs of the day </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">and proposed that science and religion should be considered two distinct fields </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">whose authorities do not overlap.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;"> This proposal is still brought about today.</span>Katelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732521971274121383noreply@blogger.com0