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Punctuated equilibrium

In evolutionary biology, punctuated equilibrium (also called punctuated equilibria) is a theory that proposes that once a species appears in the fossil record, the population will become stable, showing little evolutionary change for most of its geological history. This state of little or no morphological change is called stasis. When significant…

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Punctuated equilibrium → Jester HypothesisCritical, SpeciationAdaptive

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evolution punctuated species equilibrium gould speciation evolutionary theory stasis record change fossil eldredge gradualism paper also called allopatric gould's time

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