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Thesaurus: punctuated equilibrium

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

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  1. n. 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