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Punctuated equilibrium prevails

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  1. Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, 10024, USA

    NILES ELDREDGE

  2. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA

    STEPHEN JAY GOULD

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ELDREDGE, N., GOULD, S. Punctuated equilibrium prevails. Nature 332, 211–212 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/332211b0

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