Tempo and mode in hominid evolution

J. E. Cronin; N. T. Boaz; C. B. Stringer; Y. Rak

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Tempo and mode in hominid evolution

J. E. Cronin^*, N. T. Boaz, C. B. Stringer, Y. Rak

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Anatomy and Anthropology

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The nature of human evolution has been viewed recently as a specific example of a more general model of evolution termed ′punctuated equilibrium′. The characteristics of this model are long periods of little or no evolutionary change (stasis) interspersed with periods of rapid (punctuated) morphological change. Careful analysis of the hominid fossil record over the past 4.0 million years, however, suggests no well documented examples of either stasis or punctuation. The evidence for the evolution of the hominid lineage is most reasonably interpreted by a model of more gradual change with periods of varying rates of evolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-122
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nature
Volume	292
Issue number	5819
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/292113a0
State	Published - 1981

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