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Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
punctuated equilibrium
theory in evolutionary biology

exaptation
Exaptation or co-option is a shift in the function of a trait during evolution. For example, a trait can evolve because it served one particular function, but subsequently it may come to serve another. Exaptations are common in both anatomy and behaviour.
non-overlapping magisteria
view that science and religion have separate, non-overlapping domains of validity
Lisa the Skeptic
episode of The Simpsons (S9 E8)
The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme
scientific article (publication date: 21 September 1979)