Niles Eldredge
Niles Eldredge | |
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| Born | August 24, 1943 |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, PhD) |
| Known for | Macroevolution; punctuated equilibria; biodiversity crisis |
| Awards | Charles Schuchert Award (1979) Paleontological Society Medal (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Thesis | Geographic variation and evolution in Phacops rana (Green 1832) and Phacops iowensis Delo, 1935, in the Middle Devonian of North America (1969) |
| Academic advisors | Norman D. Newell |
| Doctoral students | Gregory Edgecombe, Bruce S. Lieberman |
| Website | nileseldredge |
Niles Eldredge (/ˈɛldrɪdʒ/ ELD-rij; born August 25, 1943) is an American biologist and paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972.