When Eldredge and Gould published their 1972 paper, allopatric speciation was considered the "standard" model of speciation. This model was popularized by Ernst Mayr in his 1954 paper "Change of genetic environment and evolution," and his classic volume Animal Species and Evolution (1963).Mayr, Ernst (1963). Animal Species and Evolution. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
When Eldredge and Gould published their 1972 paper, allopatric speciation was considered the "standard" model of speciation This model was popularized by Ernst Mayr in his 1954 paper "Change of genetic environment and evolution," and his classic volume Animal Species and Evolution (1963).Mayr, Ernst (1963). Animal Species and Evolution Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.