NOUN
- 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
How To Use theory of punctuated equilibrium In A Sentence
- The theory of punctuated equilibrium will come to be seen in proportion, as an interesting but minor wrinkle on the surface of Neo-Darwinian theory.
- Indeed, economists have good reason to find the theory of punctuated equilibrium uncongenial.
