[My2Cents]

Another offering from my geneticist friend:

Gould and another geneticist (Lewontin, I believe) were the key drivers of "punctuated evolution." Both men were much disliked by fellow evolutionists because of their haughty attitudes. Hence, their theory became known among the fraternity as 'evolution by jerks.'"

[Iota]

Your geneticist friend doesn't know who Niles Eldredge is? And doesn't know that Gould wasn't a geneticist?

Hmmm.