Biologists are closing in on a puzzle that seems to turn classic evolutionary logic inside out, yet may be so common that it ...
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 ...
ch. 1. Ode to Cecropia: discovering nature -- ch. 2. Teasing the strands apart -- ch. 3. Time, energy, and biological evolution -- ch. 4. Evolution of the earth -- ch ...
Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments.