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Definition of Theory 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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theory Of Punctuated Equilibrium
Literary usage of Theory of punctuated equilibrium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 ..."
2. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"Now, this new theory of punctuated equilibrium appears like a discovery of the
hitherto unknown new principle of evolution, which might have been brought ..."
3. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"Now, this new theory of punctuated equilibrium appears like a discovery of the
hitherto unknown new principle of evolution, which might have been brought ..."
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