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Exquisite complexity revisiting Stephen Jay Gould.
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The Humanist
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November 1, 2007| Author:
Krause, Kenneth W.
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IF THE COURSE OF EVOLUTION were commanded by a superior intelligence or according to some species-centered notion of progress, humans might reasonably expect to be surrounded by the likes of Stephen Jay Gould. Before his regrettable death in 2002, Gould was a prolific and award-winning author, a distinguished member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Harvard professor of zoology and geology for more than thirty years. But informed laypersons know better than to take such bril...
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