Niles Eldredge

Niles Eldredge, nado en Nova Jersey en 1943, foi un paleontólogo e biólogo evolutivo estadounidense. Considérase o principal autor da teoría evolutiva do equilibrio interrompido.

 Traxectoria 
Estudou na Universidade de Columbia, primeiro filoloxía latina e logo antropoloxía. Nesa época comezou a traballar no Museo Americano de Historia Natural.

Especializouse nos trilobites, concretamente no grupo Phacopidae, que xa estudara Thomas Henry Huxley, grande evolucionista do s. XIX, colaborador de Charles Darwin. Nos seus estudos, observou abruptos períodos de cambio, en realidade rápidos só a escala xeolóxica, que o fixeron reconsidera-lo dogma gradualista dende moi cedo.

En 1972, tres anos despois de doutorarse, presentou un artigo conxuntamente co paleontólogo Stephen Jay Gould titulado: "Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to gradualist evolution" ou "Equilibrios interrompidos: unha alternativa á evolución gradualista". En realidade as súas propostas admiten evolución gradual durante períodos prolongados, pero habería interrupcións onde a evolución se aceleraría máis do agardado pola radiación adaptativa proposta na teoría sintética.

 Obras 

 Cracraft, J. e N. Eldredge (eds.) 1979. Phylogenetic Analysis and Palaeontology. Columbia University Press, Nova York 
 Eldredge, N. e J. Cracraft. 1980. Phylogenetic Patterns and the Evolutionary Process. Method and Theory in Comparative Biology. Columbia University Press, Nova York, 349 p. Japanese edition, Soju Shobo, 1990 
 Eldredge, N. 1982. The Monkey Business. A Scientist Looks at Creationism. Pocket Books, Nova York. 157 p. Edición xaponesa, 1992 
 Eldredge, N. e Tattersall, I. 1982. The Myths of Human Evolution. Columbia University Press, Nova York. 197 p. Japanese edition arranged through Columbia U. Press.; Spanish edition 1986: Fondo de Cultura Económica, México; Portuguese ed.: 1984, Zahar Editores, Río de Xaneiro; Italian ed., 1984: Boringheri 
 Eldredge, N. e S. M. Stanley (eds.). 1984. Living Fossils. Springer Verlag, Nova York. 
 Eldredge, N. 1985. Time Frames. Simon and Schuster, Nova York. 240 pp. Great Britain: Heilman; Princeton University reprint edition. Italian edition, 1991, hopefulmonster editore 
 Eldredge, N. 1985. Unfinished Synthesis. Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought. Oxford University Press, Nova York 
 Eldredge, N. 1987. Life Pulse. Episodes in the History of Life. Facts on File, Nova York. Pelican edition (Great Britain) 
 Eldredge, N. (ed.). 1987. Natural History Reader on Evolution. Columbia University Press, Nova York 
 Eldredge, N. 1989. Macroevolutionary Dynamics: Species, Niches and Adaptive Peaks. McGraw Hill, Nova York. Japanese edition: McGraw Hill Publishing Co., Japan, Ltd. 
 Eldredge, N., D. Eldredge and G. Eldredge. 1989. The Fossil Factory. Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, Massachusetts 
 Eldredge, N. 1991. The Miner's Canary. Extinctions Past and Present. Prentice Hall Books, Nova York; edición inglesa: Virgin Publishing, Ltd.; edición koreana: Moeum Publishers; edición italiana: Sperling and Kupfer. Edición alemá: Spektrum; edición estadounidense: Princeton University Press 
 Eldredge, N. 1991. Fossils. The Evolution and Extinction of Species. Fotografías de Murray Alcosser. Abrams, Nova York; edición australiana: Houghton Mifflin; edición inglesa: Aurum Press; edición alemá: Belser Verlag 
 Eldredge, N. (ed.). 1992. Systematics, Ecology and the Biodiversity Crisis. Columbia University Press, Nova York 
 Eldredge, N. e M. Grene. 1992. Interactions. The Biological Context of Social Systems. Columbia University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
 Eldredge, N. 1995. Reinventing Darwin. The Great Debate at the High Table of Evolutionary Theory. John Wiley and Sons, Nova York; English edition: Orion; Italian edition: Einaudi Editore 
 Eldredge, N. 1995. Dominion. Henry Holt and Co; paperback edition, University of California Press, 1997 
 Eldredge, N. 1998. Life in the Balance. Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis. Princeton University Press. Portugal: Dinalivre; China/Taiwán: International Publishing Co.; Poland: Proscynski; Japan: Seidosha; Spain: TusQuets; Italy: Guilo Einaudi Editore 
 Eldredge, N. 1999. The Pattern of Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Co., Nova York 
 Eldredge, N. 2000. The Triumph of Evolution...And the Failure of Creationism. W.H. Freeman and Co., Nova York 
 Eldredge, N. (ed.). 2002. Life on Earth. An Encyclopaedia of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California 
 Eldredge, N. 2004. Why We Do It. Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene. W.W. Norton, Nova York 
 Eldredge, N. 2005. Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life. W.W. Norton, Nova York

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Categoría:Nados en 1943
Categoría:Nados en Nova Jersey
Categoría:Biólogos dos Estados Unidos de América