Weird how many people will unfollow you for saying Gould had meaningful contributions to evolutionary theory. Is this controversial or something now? I get he didn't like hereditarianism, but why overextend the argument so far against him?
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Punctuated equilibrium, spandrels, exaptations, historical contingency, the Cambrian Explosion, reanalysis of Haeckel's law and creation of evo-devo.
He did have a way of coining new terms for old ideas, I'll give him that.
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As an evolutionary psychologist (I am one, too), I think what perspectives you view as pertinent in evolutionary theory are myopic. Time & tempo in evolution is not something pop-gen gets. Additionally, neoteny & face perception was Gould's idea first.https://brewminate.com/stephen-jay-gould-did-he-bring-paleontology-to-the-high-table/ …
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There’s nothing in that article about neoteny or face perception. I’d be grateful if you could point me to anything about Gould’s contributions there.
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