Has anyone read much on this model for the major transitions in evolution? Last year this peer reviewed paper was published, and in it Eugene Koonin attempts to answer why the fossil records seem to show that pivitol changes within RNA, proteins, animals, etc. "...seem to appeal rapidly and fully equipped with the signature features of the respective new level of biological organization." After reading the paper, I don't see any real difference between the BBB model and Gould's punctuated equilibrium. I also did not see any explanation for jumps in the records.
Is the BBB Model taken seriously in biology? What consequences, if any, does this model have on classic Darwinism?
