In 1972, it was named and described by paleontologists Rinchen Barsbold, Halszka Osmólska, and Ewa Roniewicz.

Although some of the basic workings of the theory were proposed and identified by Mayr in 1954, historians of science generally recognize the 1972 paper by Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould as the foundational document of the new paleobiological research program.

A year before their 1972 Eldredge and Gould paper, Niles Eldredge published a paper in the journal Evolution which suggested that gradual evolution was seldom seen in the fossil record and argued that Ernst Mayr's standard mechanism of allopatric speciation might suggest a possible resolution.

I coined the term punctuated equilibrium and wrote most of our 1972 paper, but Niles is the proper first author in our pairing of Eldredge and Gould.

Gould's most significant contribution to science was the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which he developed with Niles Eldredge in 1972.

* 1972 — Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge proposed an idea they call " punctuated equilibrium ", which states that the fossil record is an accurate depiction of the pace of evolution, with long periods of " stasis " ( little change ) punctuated by brief periods of rapid change and species formation ( within a lineage ).

In 1972, the notion of gradualism in evolution was challenged by a theory of " punctuated equilibrium " put forward by Gould and Niles Eldredge, proposing evolutionary changes could occur in relatively rapid spurts, when selective pressures were heightened, punctuating long periods of morphological stability, as well-adapted organisms coped successfully in their respective environments.

* 1972 — Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould propose punctuated equilibrium, claiming that the evolutionary history of most species involves long intervals of stasis between relatively short periods of rapid change.

The theory of punctuated equilibrium developed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge and first presented in 1972 is often mistakenly drawn into the discussion of transitional fossils.

Niles Eldredge ( born August 25, 1943 ) is an American paleontologist, who, along with Stephen Jay Gould, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972.

When Eldredge and Gould published their 1972 paper, allopatric speciation was considered the " standard " theory of speciation.

Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould proposed punctuated equilibrium in 1972.

* 1972 – Stephen Saux, American actor

He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance.

In 1972 police in Chicago arrested two college students, Allen Schwander and Stephen Pera, who had planned to poison the city's water supply with typhoid and other bacteria.

* 1972 – Stephen Giles, Canadian canoer

* Mark Stephen Copland, Calculating Lives: The Numbers and Narratives of Forced Removals in Queensland 1859 – 1972 Electronic full-text version of PhD Thesis.

* 1972 — Stephen Hawking proves that the area of a classical black hole's event horizon cannot decrease

* 1972 — James Bardeen, Brandon Carter, and Stephen Hawking propose four laws of black hole mechanics in analogy with the laws of thermodynamics

* Stephen Kearney ( born 11 June 1972 ), New Zealand rugby league football player and coach

The time hierarchy theorem for nondeterministic Turing machines was originally proven by Stephen Cook in 1972.

Stephen Randall Glass ( born 1972 ) is a former US journalist who came to prominence when it was uncovered he had fabricated a number of magazine articles in 1998.

* 1972 – 78 Stephen Hearst

Stephen Arlen died in January 1972, and was succeeded as managing director by Lord Harewood.

Stephen P. Timoshenko (,, December 22, 1878 – May 29, 1972 ), was a Ukrainian American engineer who is reputed to be the father of modern engineering mechanics.

Famous alumni include Paul Wolfowitz ( Features Editor, 1959 – 1960 ; Editorial Assistant, 1960 – 1961 ) and Stephen Carter ( Editor-in-Chief, 1971 – 1972 ).

The fact that the Council of Europe had adopted this tune as the " Anthem of Europe " in January 1972 apparently did not perturb the Rhodesian government ; John Sutherland and Stephen Fender comment that Rhodesia's choice proved deeply embarrassing for the British Labour administration, whose leaders now had to respect a melody associated with Rhodesia when attending official European functions.

Directed by Stephen Vittoria, the documentary chronicles the life and times of George McGovern, focusing on his failed 1972 bid for the presidency.

F & SF assembled more than a dozen special issues devoted to a single author, beginning with a special issue on Theodore Sturgeon ( September 1962 ), followed by Ray Bradbury ( May 1963 ), Isaac Asimov ( October 1966 ), Fritz Leiber ( July 1969 ), Poul Anderson ( April 1971 ), James Blish ( April 1972 ), Frederik Pohl ( September 1973 ), Robert Silverberg ( April 1974 ), Damon Knight ( November 1976 ), Harlan Ellison ( July 1977 ), Stephen King ( December 1990 ), Lucius Shepard ( March 2001 ), Kate Wilhelm ( September 2001 ), Barry N. Malzberg ( June 2003 ) and Gene Wolfe ( April 2007 ).

Robbie James Lyons ( 10 July 1972 – 5 December 2003 ) was convicted of the 1993 murder of Stephen Wilson Stafford and in 2003 was executed at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Marcus Stephen Hahnemann ( born June 15, 1972 ) is an American international soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.

* 1972: Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O ' Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian and Ann Desantis, Boston Globe, " for their exposure of widespread corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts.

* 1972 – Jay Manuel, Canadian make-up artist, photographer, and model

* 1972 – Jay Witasick, American baseball player

* 1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player

The novel was adapted, with large departures from the original story, for film in 1972 by Jay Presson Allen and Hugh Wheeler, and directed by George Cukor, starring Maggie Smith and Alec McCowen.

Jones has six children: Dylan ( 1972 ), Jesse ( 1977 ), Casey ( 1987 ), Jay ( 1989 ), Cody ( 1994 ) and Erin ( 1997 ).

23, Issue 5 ( August 1972 ) by Joseph Jay Deiss

Besides Dick Enberg and Rod Hundley ( who worked with Merle Harmon on the January 7, 1973 contest between Kansas and Notre Dame ), other broadcast teams for TVS ' college basketball coverage included John Ferguson and Joe Dean ( who called the February 21, 1970 contest between Kentucky and LSU ), Monte Moore and Ed Macauley ( who called the January 2, 1971 contest between Dayton and UCLA ), Charlie Jones and Elgin Baylor ( who called the January 26, 1972 contest between Providence and USC ), Ray Scott and Bill O ' Donnell ( who called the January 14, 1973 contest between SW Louisiana and Oral Roberts ), Al Michaels and Tom Hawkins ( who called the January 26, 1974 contest between Notre Dame and UCLA ), and Jay Randolph and Billy Packer ( who called the November 17, 1979 contest between Duke and Kentucky and November 22, 1980 contest between DePaul and Louisville ).

After Donald's death in 1972, Jay remained at the helm, helping to shape Hyatt into a major competitor in the hospitality industry.

Although the band was formed by guitarist Jay Jay French in December 1972, all of their songs were written by Dee Snider from 1976 onward.

The soon-to-be-named " Twisted Sister " was formed after Jay Jay French was added following auditions in the " band house " located in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey in late December 1972.

* Jay Jay French – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals ( 1972 – 1987, 1997 – present )

Moore became the first person re-elected governor in 1972, defeating Jay Rockefeller.

* In 1972 Denis McQuail, Jay Blumler and Joseph Brown suggested that the uses of different types of media could be grouped into 4 categories.

Notable Hamilton alumni include US Secretary of State Elihu Root ( 1864 ), US Vice President James S. Sherman ( 1878 ), poet Ezra Pound ( 1905 ), theatre critic Alexander Woollcott ( 1909 ), jurist and diplomat Philip Jessup ( 1919 ), psychologist B. F. Skinner ( 1926 ), Nobel Prize Winner Paul Greengard ( 1948 ), civil rights leader Bob Moses ( 1956 ), novelist Terry Brooks ( 1966 ), playwright Richard Nelson ( 1971 ), US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack ( 1972 ), composer Jay Reise ( 1972 ), Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Melinda Wagner ( 1979 ), novelist Peter Cameron ( 1982 ), actor Tony Goldwyn ( 1982 ), author Garret Kramer ( 1984 ), novelist Kamila Shamsie, actor and writer for The Office Paul Lieberstein ( 1989 ), actor Grayson McCouch ( 1991 ), Academy Award-winning screenwriter Nat Faxon ( 1997 ), and politician and author Matthew Zeller ( 2004 ).

* Jay Dardenne ( Class of 1972 ): former Louisiana secretary of state and state senator, current Louisiana Lieutenant Governor.

In 1984, Jay Silvester, a former four-time Olympian and 1972 silver medalist in the discus, who was then with the physical education department of Brigham Young University in the U. S., questioned competitors at that year's Olympics.