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RE: Punk Eek (was Future of palaeontology)



 To them punct. equil. (by
>other names) was old hat Mayr stuff, which of course it was (and is).
>
>   Jon

Actually, it's old hat Simpson stuff, mainly.  Despite the continued
braying of its proponents, Punk Eek is gradually filtering out of General
Biology textbooks, where it had gained unearned prominence for a few years.
Now if we can just get them cut down those 3-4 pages on sympatric
speciation.....


Bill Shear
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