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According to Gould (a paleontologist). Dawkins, with his gene-centered view of Darwinian evolution, refutes this, explaining that evolution by natural selectio

• daniel-cussen 17y ago
  >Dawkins, with his gene-centered view of Darwinian evolution, refutes this, explaining that evolution by natural selection is gradual. People say he refutes this. According to him, he never said anything to refute this. In either case, you have to be specific about what "gradual" means. Dawkin's evolution is more gradual than intelligent design, but not so gradual that it is inconsistent with Stephen Gould's claim.
  • joubert 17y ago
    Dawkins is skeptical of non-adaptive processes in evolution and of natural selection above that of the gene (i.e. at the organism or even species level). I'm not implying that they have a hostile personal relationship, but their academic disagreements were significant. Examples include the gradual view of evolution, and also Gould's claim of NOMA, which Dawkins (detests).
    • berntb 17y ago
      This was settled a long time ago -- outside the popular writing. http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Debate/CEP_Gould.html http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Debate/CEP_Gould.html (I have studied some related subjects but not evolutionary biology, so I don't really know the research papers. But I do know that political/religious idealists are often dishonest to influence public opinion.)