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Wikipedia: Punctuated Equilibrium HandoutWikipedia: Punctuated Equilibrium Handout
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9th - 10th
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Wikipedia: Punctuated Equilibrium

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This brief explanation of punctuated equilibrium includes paragraphs on the history of the theory and the controversy surrounding it.

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Concepts

evolution, paleontology, speciation, species

Additional Tags

continuous process, evolutionary biology, evolutionary change, evolutionary gradualism, evolutionary potential, evolutionary theory, fossil species, fossils as organisms, gradual phyletic evolution, gradualism, missing links, mutations, paleontological perspective, paleontology debate, phyletic gradualism, principles of paleontology, stephen jay gould, theories of evolution, traditional darwinian theory, transitional fossils, niles eldredge, punctuated equilibrium, wikipedia, fossil

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This content is from Wikipedia

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