punctuated equilibrium (biology)

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf biologist
gptkbp:appliesTo fossil specimen
gptkbp:category biology
evolutionary biology
gptkbp:contrastsWith phyletic gradualism
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Richard_Dawkins
gptkbp:debatedBy evolutionary biologists
gptkbp:describes evolutionary change
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label punctuated equilibrium (biology)
gptkbp:influencedBy fossil evidence
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Stephen_Jay_Gould
gptkb:Niles_Eldredge
1972
gptkbp:publishedIn paper in Paleobiology
gptkbp:relatedTo speciation
Darwinian evolution
macroevolution
gptkbp:state evolution occurs in rapid bursts
long periods of stasis
gptkbp:supportedBy some paleontologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Punctuated_Equilibrium_Theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8