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Noun: theory of punctuated equilibrium
  1. 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
    - punctuated equilibrium

Type of: evolutionism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution

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