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Definition of Punctuated equilibrium
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Evolutionism, Theory Of Evolution, Theory Of Organic Evolution
Definition of Punctuated equilibrium
1. Noun. A theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change tends to be characterized by long periods of stability, or equilibrium, punctuated by episodes of very fast development. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctuated Equilibrium
Literary usage of Punctuated equilibrium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"Stephen Jay Gould, he the marvelous storyteller, came up with the myth of punctuated
equilibrium. This was supposed to give the theory of evolution a shot ..."
2. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"Stephen Jay Gould, he the marvelous storyteller, came up with the myth of punctuated
equilibrium. This was supposed to give the ..."
3. Government of the Future by Edwin Lau (2000)
"In this light, government change is better understood in terms of "punctuated
equilibrium", ie long periods of policy stability which are interspersed with ..."
4. Clausewitzian Friction & Future War by Barry D. Watts (1996)
"In 1972, Gould and Niles Eldredge put forward a theory of punctuated equilibrium
that described the pattern of biological evolution as being one of long ..."
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