The theory that evolution/speciation occurs in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change; changes occur suddenly and rapidly, followed by long periods of little evolutionary change.

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1. The theory that evolution/speciation occurs in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change; changes occur suddenly and rapidly, followed by long periods of little evolutionary change.
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