NEWS HEADLINES
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Iran war splits older and younger conservatives - as pressure builds for Trump to find exit ramp
More than a thousand miles from Washington, the conflict was a dominant topic of conversation at CPAC. read more
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Three Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike, say broadcasters
The Israeli military confirms it killed Ali Shoeib from the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV. read more
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Tiger Woods released on bail after DUI arrest
Tiger Woods, the 15-time golf major champion, is released on bail following his arrest on charges of driving under the influence following a car crash in Florida. read more
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Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular arrested on battery charge in Florida
Peters is accused of instigating a fight between two women and then posting a video of it online, authorities say. read more
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Two Cuba-bound aid ships found days after disappearing
The crew are safe and will complete their mission, a spokesman for the organisers said. read more
ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY
STEPHEN JAY GOLD
BIOGRAPHY
Stephen Jay Gould was born and raised in the community of Bayside, a neighborhood of the northeastern section of Queens in New York City. His father Leonard was a court stenographer, and his mother Eleanor was an artist whose parents were Jewish immigrants living and working in the city’s Garment District.[6] When Gould was five years old his father took him to the Hall of Dinosaurs in the American Museum of Natural History, where he first encountered Tyrannosaurus rex. “I had no idea there were such things—I was awestruck,” Gould once recalled.[7] It was in that moment that he decided to become a paleontologist.
Raised in a secular Jewish home, Gould did not formally practice religion and preferred to be called an agnostic. Biologist Jerry Coyne, who had Gould on his thesis committee, described him as a “diehard atheist if there ever was one.
