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[[Image:Goldschmidt.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Richard Goldschmidt]]

[[Image:Goldschmidt.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Richard Goldschmidt]]

The [[evolution]]ist [[Stephen Jay Gould]] described '''Goldschmidt's hopeful monster theory''' of evolution as a "postulate that [[macroevolution]] is not simply [[microevolution]] extrapolated, and that major structural transitions can occur rapidly without a smooth series of intermediate stages."<ref name="sjg">http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_hopeful-monsters.html</ref>  The theory was developed by the evolutionist [[Richard Goldschmidt]], an American evolutionist who was originally from Germany.<ref name="goldschmidt">http://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j16_2/j16_2_42-45.pdf</ref>  One of the more well known postulates of Richard Goldschmidt was that a [[reptile]] laid an egg that a [[bird]] hatched out of.<ref name="asa">http://www.asa3.org/asa/PSCF/1949/JASA6-49Mixter.html</ref><ref name="goldschmidt" />

The [[evolution]]ist [[Stephen Jay Gould]] described '''Goldschmidt's hopeful monster theory''' of evolution as a "postulate that [[macroevolution]] is not simply [[microevolution]] extrapolated, and that major structural transitions can occur rapidly without a smooth series of intermediate stages."<ref name="sjg">http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_hopeful-monsters.html</ref>  The theory was developed by the evolutionist [[Richard Goldschmidt]], an American evolutionist who was originally from Germany.<ref name="goldschmidt">http://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j16_2/j16_2_42-45.pdf</ref>  One of the more well known postulates of Richard Goldschmidt was that a [[reptile]] laid an egg that a [[bird]] hatched out of.<ref name="goldschmidt" /><ref name="asa">http://www.asa3.org/asa/PSCF/1949/JASA6-49Mixter.html</ref>

The prominent geneticist and evolutionist [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]] wrote concerning the Goldschmidt's hopeful monster theory:

The prominent geneticist and evolutionist [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]] wrote concerning the Goldschmidt's hopeful monster theory:

*[[Theories of evolution]]

*[[Theories of evolution]]

== External Links==

== External links==

*[http://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j16_2/j16_2_42-45.pdf Golschmidt's hopeful monster] by [[Creation Ministries International]]

*[http://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j16_2/j16_2_42-45.pdf Golschmidt's hopeful monster] by [[Creation Ministries International]]