TY - JOUR
T1 - The Unfinished Synthesis?
T2 - Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology in the 20th Century
AU - Sepkoski, David
N1 - Funding Information:
Open access funding provided by Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
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PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - In the received view of the history of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, paleontology was given a prominent role in evolutionary biology thanks to the significant influence of paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson on both the institutional and conceptual development of the Synthesis. Simpson's 1944 Tempo and Mode in Evolution is considered a classic of Synthesis-era biology, and Simpson often remarked on the influence of other major Synthesis figures – such as Ernst Mayr and Theodosius Dobzhansky – on his developing thought. Why, then, did paleontologists of the 1970s and 1980s – Stephen Jay Gould, Niles Eldredge, David M.
AB - In the received view of the history of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, paleontology was given a prominent role in evolutionary biology thanks to the significant influence of paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson on both the institutional and conceptual development of the Synthesis. Simpson's 1944 Tempo and Mode in Evolution is considered a classic of Synthesis-era biology, and Simpson often remarked on the influence of other major Synthesis figures – such as Ernst Mayr and Theodosius Dobzhansky – on his developing thought. Why, then, did paleontologists of the 1970s and 1980s – Stephen Jay Gould, Niles Eldredge, David M.
KW - George Gaylord Simpson
KW - Modern evolutionary synthesis
KW - Paleontology
KW - Punctuated equilibrium
KW - Stephen Jay Gould
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U2 - 10.1007/s10739-018-9537-8
DO - 10.1007/s10739-018-9537-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 30402778
AN - SCOPUS:85056313225
SN - 0022-5010
VL - 52
SP - 687
EP - 703
JO - Journal of the History of Biology
JF - Journal of the History of Biology
IS - 4
ER -