Discuss how the concept of punctuated equilibrium is compatible with the fossil record. How does this concept adapt
Darwin’s original concepts of natural selection and evolution to agree more closely with what we see in nature? What will be an ideal response?
The fossil record is incomplete with few gradual transitions from one species to another.
Some of this may be caused by the process of fossilization, which does not happen equally to
all creatures at all times. Some of it also may be due to the absence of rocks that cover all of
geologic time. However, some of the absence of intermediate forms is probably real and can
be explained by punctuated equilibrium.
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