In the Debate of How Speciation Occurs,advocates of Punctuated Equilibrium

question 7

Multiple Choice

In the debate of how speciation occurs,advocates of punctuated equilibrium

• A) describe macroevolution as the gradual accumulation of evolutionary changes over time.
• B) agree with the advocates of intelligent design on views about the flaws in fossil-dating techniques.
• C) define species the same way creationists and gradualists do.
• D) have revived Darwin's classic description of change over time.
• E) suggest that long periods of stasis (stability), during which species change little, are interrupted by evolutionary leaps.

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Ingratiating Tactics

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