Eldredge notes that in Dawkins' book A Devil's Chaplain, which was published just before Eldredge's book, "Richard Dawkins comments on what he sees as the main difference between his position and that of the late Stephen Jay Gould.
Eldredge sinala que no libro de Dawkins A Devil's Chaplain, "Richard Dawkins comenta o que el ve como principal diferenza entre a súa posición e a do último Stephen Jay Gould.