evolution at New York University.

Gould's most significant contribution to evolutionary biology was the theory of

punctuated equilibrium, which he developed with Niles Eldredge in 1972.[2] The t
heory proposes that most evolution is marked by long periods of evolutionary sta
bility, which is punctuated by rare instances of branching evolution. The theory
was contrasted against phyletic gradualism, the idea that evolutionary change i
s marked by a pattern of smooth and continuous change in the fossil record.
Most of Gould's empirical research was based on the land snail genera Poecilozon
ites and Cerion. He also contributed to evolutionary developmental biology, and
has received wide praise for his book Ontogeny and Phylogeny. In evolutionary th
eory he opposed strict selectionism, sociobiology as applied to humans, and evol
utionary psychology. He campaigned against creationism and proposed that science
and religion should be considered two distinct fields (or "magisteria") whose a
uthorities do not overlap.[3]
Gould was known by the general public mainly from his 300 popular essays in the
magazine Natural History,[4] and his books written for a non-specialist audience
. In April 2000, the US Library of Congress named him a "Living Legend".[5]
Contents [hide]
1
Biography
1.1
Marriage and family
1.2
First bout of cancer
1.3
Final illness and death
2
Scientific career
2.1
Punctuated equilibrium
2.2
Evolutionary developmental biology
2.3
Selectionism and sociobiology
2.3.1 Against "Sociobiology"
2.3.2 Spandrels and the Panglossian Paradigm
2.4
Evolutionary progress
2.5
Cladistics
2.6
Technical work on land snails
2.7
Influence
2.8
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
3
As a public figure
4
Controversy
4.1
Cambrian fauna
4.2
Opposition to sociobiology and evolutionary psychology
4.3
The Mismeasure of Man
5
Non-overlapping magisteria
6
Publications
6.1
Articles
6.2
Books
7
Notes and references
8
External links
Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (twice
1983, 1990)
MacArthur Fellowship
National Book Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
Spouse Deborah Lee (1965 ?; divorced; 2 children)
Rhonda Roland Shearer (1995 2002; his death; 2 stepchildren)
Signature
Stephen Jay Gould (/gu?ld/; September 10, 1941
May 20, 2002) was an American pal
eontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one o
f the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generat

ion.[1] Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and workin
g at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In the later years of h
is life, Gould also taught biology and evolution at New York University.
Gould's most significant contribution to evolutionary biology was the theory of
punctuated equilibrium, which he developed with Niles Eldredge in 1972.[2] The t
heory proposes that most evolution is marked by long periods of evolutionary sta
bility, which is punctuated by rare instances of branching evolution. The theory
was contrasted against phyletic gradualism, the idea that evolutionary change i
s marked by a pattern of smooth and continuous change in the fossil record.
Most of Gould's empirical research was based on the land snail genera Poecilozon
ites and Cerion. He also contributed to evolutionary developmental biology, and
has received wide praise for his book Ontogeny and Phylogeny. In evolutionary th
eory he opposed strict selectionism, sociobiology as applied to humans, and evol
utionary psychology. He campaigned against creationism and proposed that science
and religion should be considered two distinct fields (or "magisteria") whose a
uthorities do not overlap.[3]

Gould was known by the general public mainly from his 300 popular essays in the
magazine Natural History,[4] and his books written for a non-specialist audience
. In April 2000, t
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