Author photo. Photo adapted from Denis Finnin, American Museum of Natural History

Photo adapted from Denis Finnin, American Museum of Natural History

Niles Eldredge

Author of The Triumph of Evolution : And the Failure of Creationism

Includes the names: Niles Eldrige, Niles Eldredge, Niles Eldredge, ナイルズ・エルドリッジ

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The Triumph of Evolution : And the Failure of Creationism 125 copies, 2 reviews
Darwin: Tree of Life 102 copies, 1 review
Why We Do It 79 copies, 1 review
Reinventing Darwin: The Great Debate at the High Table of Evolutionary… 63 copies
Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of Species 59 copies, 1 review
Time Frames: The Re-Thinking of Darwinian Evolution and the Theory of… 59 copies
The Pattern of Evolution 59 copies
The Miner's Canary 53 copies, 1 review
Life in the Balance 53 copies, 1 review
The Monkey Business: A Scientist Looks at Creationism 43 copies, 1 review
Dominion 34 copies
Life pulse : episodes from the story of the fossil record 29 copies
The Fossil Factory: A Kid's Guide to Digging Up Dinosaurs, Exploring… 24 copies
Triumph of Discovery : A Chronicle of Great Adventures in Science (Author) 23 copies

Macroevolutionary Dynamics: Species, Niches, and Adaptive Peaks 18 copies

The Myths of Human Evolution 17 copies

Charles Darwin and the Mystery of Mysteries 15 copies, 1 review

Phylogenetic Patterns and the Evolutionary Process: Method and Theory in… 15 copies

Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary… 14 copies

Life Pulse: Episodes from the Story of the Fossil Record 9 copies

Life on Earth: An Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution (2… 8 copies

The Natural History Reader in Evolution 3 copies

Interactions: The biological context of social systems 2 copies

'Confessions of a Darwinist' in Virginia Quarterly Review, spring 2006 1 copy

PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIA: AN ALTERNATIVE TO PHYLETIC GRADUALISM. 1 copy

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Darwin (Norton Critical Edition) (Contributor) 407 copies, 3 reviews

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Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA

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Columbia University (AB ∙ Anthropology ∙ 1965)

Columbia University (PhD ∙ Geology ∙ 1969)

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paleontologist (American Museum of Natural History ∙ 1969- )

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Schuchert Award (1979)

Lappe Award (1997)

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