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- a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
How To Use punctuated equilibrium In A Sentence
- During periods of punctuated equilibrium everything is in flux, disequilibrium becomes the norm, and uncertainty reigns!
- Levels of uncertainty escalate enormously in periods of punctuated equilibrium.
- The theory of punctuated equilibrium will come to be seen in proportion, as an interesting but minor wrinkle on the surface of Neo-Darwinian theory.
- They explore mechanisms of nature through concepts including the butterfly effect, Gaia, attractors and punctuated equilibrium.
- During periods of punctuated equilibrium everything is in flux, disequilibrium becomes the norm, and uncertainty reigns!
- Punctuated equilibrium is commonly contrasted against the theory of phyletic gradualism, which hypothesizes that most evolution occurs uniformly and by the steady and gradual transformation of whole lineages anagenesis. Secondary Addiction: Ann Coulter on Evolution - The Panda's Thumb
- And the question of the Axial Age, and the mysterious resemblance of the modern transition to such 'axial' periods in its explosive discontinuity, almost like a punctuated equilibrium, looms in the background making most sociological thinking inadequate to the task. Darwiniana
- Periods of punctuated equilibrium are periods of extended uncertainty.
- Indeed, economists have good reason to find the theory of punctuated equilibrium uncongenial.
- Punctuated equilibrium contradicts the previously held theory of evolutionary gradualism, and certainly raises questions about adaptation, selection and survival of the fittest.
