punctuated equilibrium
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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 (synset 106120610)
is a type of: evolutionism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution - (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animalssame as: theory of punctuated equilibrium
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