" Paleontologists such as Niles Eldredge, Stephen Jay Gould, and Steven M. Stanley avoid this by explaining that transitional forms may be rare between species, but "they are abundant between larger groups", and none of these paleontologists support Goldschmidt's "hopeful monster" hypothesis.
" Paleontologists such as Niles Eldredge, Stephen Jay Gould, and Steven M. Stanley avoid this by explaining that transitional forms may be rare between species, but "they are abundant between larger groups", and none of these paleontologists support Goldschmidt's "hopeful monster" hypothesis.