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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium
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Wikipedia: Punctuated equilibrium
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In evolutionary biology, punctuated equilibrium (also called punctuated equilibria) is a theory that proposes that once a new species appears in the fossil record, the population will become stable, showing little evolutionary change for most of its geological history.
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