punctuated

David Campbell (bivalve@mailserv0.isis.unc.edu)
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 12:22:03 -0400

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>> Either punctuated or gradualistic patterns could have been
>> produced by God through continuous providential work.
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>> David C.
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>That's what I said !
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>But "punctuation" has a "hopeful monster" looking over the shoulders :-)

The examples originally cited by Gould and Eldridge were species-level
changes-a trilobite with an extra row of eyes, for example, and involved
small populations, not just a single individual. Hopeful monsters
represent larger changes by a solitary individual.

David C.

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