Punctuated equilibrium also generates interesting questions for further research. What, for example, are the processes that produce rapid evolution?

“It may be doubted,” Darwin wrote, “if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of ...

Punctuated equilibrium "is still very much a controversial theory," but "is fully compatible with what we term neo-Darwinism," said Peter D. Roopnarine, chair of invertebrate zoology and geology ...

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As a metaphor, punctuated equilibrium can help explain some of the radical changes we have seen take place in 2020.

The findings support the theory of "punctuated equilibrium," first proposed in the 1970s by paleontologists Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge. This controversial theory suggests that evolution ...

When radical change occurs in a short period of time and then finds a new balance, we call that a punctuated equilibrium. With respect to telemedicine, we don’t expect to return to life as we ...

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium in evolution.

LLMs represent a punctuated equilibrium in human evolution, a sudden leap in cognitive capability, transforming thought, creativity, and decision-making in ways once unimaginable.

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Simply put, Gould suggested that the gradual change doesn’t happen. A long period of status is punctuated by more rapid and defining change that disrupts the equilibrium, or status quo.