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Max’s New Gould paper

November 12, 2025

My new paper in Paleobiology (OA), on some lesser known aspects of the early history of punctuated equilibria, is available to read online. It is, in effect, a synthesis of some of my older work on Stephen Jay Gould’s early career, and it concerns the curious position of punctuated equilibria in Gould's early vision for evolutionary paleontology:

Click here for the paper

The paper is part of a special issue— from which several papers have already appeared— intended to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of punctuated equilibria. (The actual anniversary was in 2022.) Anyway, it was a pleasure to write and I hope it’s a pleasure to read.

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