Proper noun
Eldredge (plural Eldredges)
A surname.
Although some of the basic workings of the theory were proposed and identified by Mayr in 1954, historians of science generally recognize the 1972 paper by Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould as the foundation of the new paleobiological research program. Source: Internet
I coined the term punctuated equilibrium and wrote most of our 1972 paper, but Niles is the proper first author in our pairing of Eldredge and Gould." Source: Internet
In 1972, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould published a landmark paper developing their theory and called it punctuated equilibria. Source: Internet
He died in Eldredge, Missouri in June 2001. Source: Internet
Eldredge and Gould, believing that evolution jumps between stability and relative rapidity, are described as "discrete variable speedists," and "in this respect they are genuinely radical." Source: Internet
In his book Time Frames Eldredge recalls that after much discussion the pair "each wrote roughly half. Source: Internet