Karl Beurlen (17 April 1901 – 27 December 1985) was a German paleontologist. [1]
Beurlen was born in Aalen. He attended University of Tübingen. He completed a PhD in 1923. [2]
Beurlen was a proponent of orthogenesis and saltational evolution. [3] He used the term metakinesis (coined by Otto Jaekel) to describe sudden changes of development in organisms. He also invented the term palingenesis as a mechanism for his orthogenetic theory of evolution. [2]
He was an assistant of Edwin Hennig. [4]
He was a proponent of National Socialist ideology and wrote about the Aryan race. [1]
He was director of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.
Karl Beurlen (17 April 1901 – 27 December 1985) was a German paleontologist. [1]
Beurlen was born in Aalen. He attended University of Tübingen. He completed a PhD in 1923. [2]
Beurlen was a proponent of orthogenesis and saltational evolution. [3] He used the term metakinesis (coined by Otto Jaekel) to describe sudden changes of development in organisms. He also invented the term palingenesis as a mechanism for his orthogenetic theory of evolution. [2]
He was an assistant of Edwin Hennig. [4]
He was a proponent of National Socialist ideology and wrote about the Aryan race. [1]
He was director of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.