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** Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) ** Stephan Jay Gould was born September 10,1941. When he was about five years old, his father had taken him to the American Museum of Natural History. It is where he saw his first dinosaur, and it was from that point on that he knew he wanted to study dinosaurs. From a young age Gould had always wanted to become a Paleontologist He made his dream come true. Paleontology is the branch of science that is concerned with animal and plant fossils. Gould was the most widely-known paleontologist. He was also the most influential Gould has written over twenty books. He often written about the evolutionary theory and the conflict between religion and science. In 1972, he had discovered the "punctuated equilibrium". It is theory that says evolution does not have equal time gaps like most scientists believe. The theory also explains why evolution sometimes develops at a rapid pace and other times develops at a slow pace. The theory had answered Charles Darwin's questions. From the age of 11, Charles Darwin had been Gould's personal hero.



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