'''Niles Eldredge''', born in 1943, is an American [[Paleontology|paleontologist]], author, and curator in the Department of [[Invertebrates]] at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in [[New York]].<ref>http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761596369/Niles_Eldredge.html</ref><ref>http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/eldredge.html</ref> Eldridge and fellow paleontologist [[Stephen Jay Gould]] developed the [[Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium]].<ref>http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761596369/Niles_Eldredge.html</ref> | '''Niles Eldredge''', born in 1943, is an American [[Paleontology|paleontologist]], author, and curator in the Department of [[Invertebrates]] at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in [[New York]].<ref>http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761596369/Niles_Eldredge.html</ref><ref>http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/eldredge.html</ref> Eldridge and fellow paleontologist [[Stephen Jay Gould]] developed the [[Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium]].<ref>http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761596369/Niles_Eldredge.html</ref> |