punctuated equilibrium
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With punctuated equilibrium, a species may remain unchanged for long periods of time.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
How would you expect this pattern to differ from a pattern in the fossil record that supports the model of punctuated equilibrium?
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The students suggested these factors: natural selection, morphological mutations, punctuated equilibrium and allopatric speciation.
From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2022
One of the findings that stands out, he says, is that pop music shows a pattern from biological evolution known as punctuated equilibrium, in which periods of gradual change are separated by explosions of complexity.
From Science Magazine • May 5, 2015
The term punctuated equilibrium refers to the fact that fossil records have shown that, in evolution, there have been periods of relative stasis or equilibrium punctuated by periods of very rapid change.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2014
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