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  • noun In evolutionary biology, one who believes in saltationism.

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  • I claimed that for a while he had presented punctuated equilibrium as a revolutionary "saltationist" alternative to standard neo-Darwinism, and he implored me to check this claim by reviewing all his work that dealt with the issue.

    'Darwinian Fundamentalism': An Exchange Dennett, Daniel C. 1997

  • John Davison, front - loader and saltationist par excellence claims "the environment had nothing to do with it".

    Change the label 2008

  • You must be unconsciously channeling the notorious saltationist Richard Goldschmidt.

    Behe's Test 2008

  • John Davison, front - loader and saltationist par excellence claims "the environment had nothing to do with it".

    Change the label 2008

  • It is the rapid saltationist evolution (as proposed by the late Stephen J. Gould of Harvard) of our polity away from self-destructive habits.

    The Hundred Year Storm 2009

  • Some of the theoretical options of the late nineteenth-century included neo-Lamarckianism, saltationist and orthogenetic theories, and a complex body of theories that attempted to build upon Darwin's insights, typically without making strong use of his principle of natural selection (Shanahan 2004; Bowler 1996, 1983).

    Evolution Sloan, Phillip 2008

  • The most ID could accomplish therefore is some means of testiong saltationist or teleological theories.

    How to Falsify ID - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • So ID is consistent with multiple positions: 1. Young Earth Creationism 2. Old Earth Creationism 3. Progressive Creationism 4. Teleological and saltationist theories of evolution

    How to Falsify ID - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • So ID is consistent with multiple positions: 1. Young Earth Creationism 2. Old Earth Creationism 3. Progressive Creationism 4. Teleological and saltationist theories of evolution

    How to Falsify ID - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • The most ID could accomplish therefore is some means of testiong saltationist or teleological theories.

    How to Falsify ID - The Panda's Thumb 2006

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