Scientists have recently begun to question one of the pillars of
modern thought--Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Certainly
evolution occurs; but if it is a slow, continuous process by which
one species gradually modifies itself into a new one, as Darwin
believed, why are there so many missing links in the fossil
records? Two eminent scientists, Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay
Gould, startled the world by challenging Darwin's cherished beliefs
proposing instead that once a species has evolved it rarely
undergoes change, and that the evolution of new species occurs only
periodically, in relatively rapid spurts. In Time Frames Niles
Eldredge explains how his own work with trilobite fossils led him
to this unexpected conclusion, and describes the fascinating
development of the new theory of punctuated equilibria. Originally
published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
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