The evolutionary mode in which species evolve rapidly at first and then remain stable for very long periods of time is

called ____.



a. catastrophism
b. uniformitarianism
c. disruptive selection
d. punctuated equilibrium
e. phyletic gradualism


ANSWER: d

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