To this end, Gould later commented that "Most of our paleontological colleagues missed this insight because they had not studied evolutionary theory and either did not know about allopatric speciation or had not considered its translation to geological time.
Gould comentou posteriormente que "a maioría dos nosos colegas paleontólogos non repararon nesta idea porque non estudaron a teoría evolutiva e ou non sabían da especiación alopátrica ou non consideraran a súa traslación ao tempo xeolóxico.