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- noun In evolutionary biology, one who believes in
saltationism .
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Examples
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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
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John Davison, front - loader and saltationist par excellence claims "the environment had nothing to do with it".
Change the label 2008
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You must be unconsciously channeling the notorious saltationist Richard Goldschmidt.
Behe's Test 2008
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John Davison, front - loader and saltationist par excellence claims "the environment had nothing to do with it".
Change the label 2008
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It is the rapid saltationist evolution (as proposed by the late Stephen J. Gould of Harvard) of our polity away from self-destructive habits.
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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
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The most ID could accomplish therefore is some means of testiong saltationist or teleological theories.
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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
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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
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The most ID could accomplish therefore is some means of testiong saltationist or teleological theories.
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