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punctuated equilibrium

An evolutionary theory proposing that species often arise rapidly, in terms of geological time, rather than by gradual change. It envisages that, following a short period (less than 100 000 years) of rapid speciation, there is a considerable period of stasis lasting several million years.

 
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