Punctuated Equilibrium

Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)

In theory an enormous asteroid hit the earth precipitating the Ice Age which destroyed a reptilian civilization now preserved in the Museum of Natural History’s warren of dioramas. What exactly happened in the space of time in which pterodactyls became extinct? You see children’s animations of huge flying birds but there’s hardly ever a depiction of the evolutionary stages. Imagine Jared Diamond’s Collapse on a prehistoric level. Step back the next time you drive or fly into Gotham. It’s a surreal reticulated comic, requiring the kind of advanced graphics dependent on huge memory chips. Will Steven Jay Gould's Punctuated Equilibrium challenge Grand Theft Auto?

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