I Feel That One Species, Mankind, Doesn't

The Major Novelty Of My Theory Was Its Claim That The Most Rapid Evolutionary Change Does Not Occur In Widespread, Populous Species, As Claimed By Most Geneticists, But In Small Founder Populations.

Indeed, I Was Unable To Find Any Evidence Whatsoever Of The Occurrence Of A Drastic Evolutionary Acceleration And Genetic Reconstruction In Widespread, Populous Species.

Paleontologists Had Long Been Aware Of A Seeming Contradiction Between Darwin's Postulate Of Gradualism, Confirmed By The Work Of Population Genetics, And The Actual Findings Of Paleontology. Following Phyletic Lines Through Time Seemed To Reveal Only Minimal Gradual Changes But No Clear Evidence For Any Change Of A Species Into A Different Genus Or For The Gradual Origin Of An Evolutionary Novelty. Anything Truly Novel Always Seemed To Appear Quite Abruptly In The Fossil Record.

There Is More To Biology Than Rats, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis, And E. Coli.

The History Of Science Knows Scores Of Instances Where An Investigator Was In The Possession Of All The Important Facts For A New Theory But Simply Failed To Ask The Right Questions.