The concept of punctuated equilibrium was, to some, a radical new idea when it was first proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge in 1972. Now it is widely recognized as a useful model for one ...

What does an esoteric concept in evolutionary biology have to do with the speed of change we are seeing in the workplace, retail and entertainment? Punctuated equilibrium is a theory that evolutionary ...

Over the past 500 million years, nearly all evolutionary changes in octopuses and squids occurred in rapid bursts during the emergence of new species, according to research from the University of ...

What happens when the modern evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium collides with the older theory of mosaic evolution? Part of the answer comes from a new, wide-ranging study by ...

History is often shaped by moments of profound change—inflection points that redefine what’s possible, much like cosmic asteroids that strike the planet and alter the course of evolution. Today, we ...

Stephen Jay Gould, a famed paleontologist and popular writer on evolution, died Monday of cancer at his home in New York City. A pudgy polymath who wrote knowledgeably on topics ranging from biology ...