Steven M. Stanley

(1941) Paleontologist

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Steven M. Stanley is a paleontologist.

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Born: November 2, 1941
Profession: Paleontologist

About Steven M. Stanley

American paleontologist... | Steven M. Stanley is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the Florida State University. He is best known for his empirical research documenting the evolutionary process of punctuated equilibrium in the fossil record.

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Many of our actions degrade our habitat because we undertake them in order to reach goals whose allure blinds us to myriad…

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Established species are evolving so slowly that major transitions between genera and higher taxa must be occurring within small rapidly evolving populations…

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The known fossil record fails to document a single example of phyletic evolution i.e., a species becoming a new species accomplishing a…

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