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"Conversations with Harold Hudson Channer" Upcoming Cable Television/Web Show: For details of airing see bottom of page GUEST: (Original air date: 01-01-96) NILES ELDRIDGE Ph.D
Author: "DOMINION - Can Nature and Culture Co-Exist"
Evolutionist / Paleontologist --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The program can be viewed in its entirety by clicking the you tube link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnvZheCKzyo - NILES ELDRIDGE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- More about: NILES ELDRIDGE Ph.D
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Niles EldredgeFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNiles Eldredge (born August 25, 1943) is an American paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972.
EducationEldredge began his undergraduate studies in Latin at Columbia University. Before completing his degree he switched to the study of anthropology under Norman D. Newell. It was at this time that his work at the American Museum of Natural History began, under the combined Columbia University-American Museum graduate studies program. Eldredge graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1965, and enrolled in the university's doctoral program while continuing his research at the museum. He completed his PhD in 1969. PaleontologyIn 1969, Eldredge became Curator in the Department of Invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural History, a position which he still holds. He is also Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York. His specialty is the evolution of mid-Paleozoic Phacopida trilobites: a group of extinct arthropods that lived between 543 and 245 million years ago. Evolutionary theoryEldredge and Stephen Jay Gould proposed punctuated equilibrium in 1972. Punctuated equilibrium is a refinement to evolutionary theory. It describes patterns of descent taking place in "fits and starts" separated by long periods of stability. Eldredge went on to develop a hierarchical vision of evolutionary and ecological systems. Around this time, he became focused on the rapid destruction of many of the world's habitats and species. Throughout his career, he has used repeated patterns in the history of life to refine ideas on how the evolutionary process actually works. Eldredge is a critic of the gene-centric view of evolution and the notion that evolutionary theory can be held accountable to patterns of historical data. His most recent venture is the development of an alternative account to the gene-based notions of evolutionary psychology to explain why human beings behave as they do. He has published more than 160 scientific articles, books, and reviews, including Reinventing Darwin, an examination of current controversies in evolutionary biology, and Dominion, a consideration of the ecological and evolutionary past, present, and future of Homo sapiens. Personal lifeEldredge enjoys playing jazz trumpet and is an avid collector of 19th century cornets.[1] He shares his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey with his wife and more than 500 cornets.[1] He also has two sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren. Eldredge possesses a chart of the historical development of cornets (the musical instruments), which he uses as a comparison with that of the development of trilobites. The differences between them are meant to highlight the failures of intelligent design by comparing a system that is definitely designed, with a system that is not designed. References
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Guest For WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 Individual programs can be viewed each week day (11:00 AM - NOON / (NYC Time) Channel 34 of the Time/Warner, Channel 83 of the RCN, & Channel 33 of the Verizon FiOS Cable Television Systems in Manhattan, New York. The Program can now also be viewed on the internet at time of cable casting at: NOTE: You must adjust viewing to reflect NYC time & CLICK ON "WATCH mnn 1 LIVE" AT SITE
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