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Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism

Niles Eldredge, +2 more
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The article was published on 1972-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2655 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Phyletic gradualism & Punctuated gradualism.

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Networks and Hierarchies: Approaching Complexity in Evolutionary Theory

Ilya Tëmkin, +2 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a pervasive pattern of stability in living systems across scale results from the architecture of nature’s economy itself—biological systems consisting of hierarchically nested, complex networks are extremely robust to extrinsic perturbations.
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Exploiting the Opportunity for Reconstructive Leadership: Presidential Responses to Enervated Political Regimes:

Curt Nichols, +1 more
- 19 May 2010 - 
TL;DR: The authors argue that reconstructive presidents act within critical junctures in critical moments in the history of the world, and extend discourse on the reconstructive presidency to the edge of new frontiers in two interrelated ways.
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Hutton to Horton : views of sequence, progression and equilibrium in geomorphology

Barbara A. Kennedy
- 01 Aug 1992 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt is made to analyse the mjor lines of thought concerning change, progression and equilibrium in the work of six leading precursors of modern geomorphology: James Hutton, Charles Lyell, Charles Darwin, James Dwight Dana, Grove Karl Gilbert and Robert E. Horton.
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Last major gap in scydmaenine evolution filled (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Zi-Wei Yin, +2 more
- 01 Apr 2018 - 
TL;DR: This report reports a new genus and species, Kuafu borealis gen. et sp.
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Cope's rule in cryptodiran turtles: do the body sizes of extant species reflect a trend of phyletic size increase?

Daniel S. Moen
- 01 Jul 2006 - 
TL;DR: Whether the phylogenetic distribution of body sizes in extant cryptodiran turtles is consistent with Cope's rule is examined, which finds no evidence for phyletic size increase, in contrast to the paleontological data that support the rule in a number of extinct vertebrates.