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

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

In an attempt to explain this, punctuated equilibrium posits that rapid evolution can occur periodically after millions of years of relative genetic stability.

The findings support the theory of `punctuated equilibrium’, first proposed in the 1970s by paleontologists Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge.

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

The paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould developed in 1972 the theory of “punctuated equilibrium,” which states that evolution proceeds not gradually but in fits and starts.

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 ...