a model of evolution that assumes slow, steady rates of change, as contrasted with punctuated equilibrium, an evolutionary model in which change occurs in relatively rapid bursts
Theory of evolution holding that species evolve over long periods. Contrast with punctuated equilibrium.
the view that the processes and products on the Earth are steady and never changing. A favourite phase is that 'the present is the key to the past'.
the slow phasing-in of free market reforms.
Slow evolutionary change. 415
A steady and calculated approach to transforming an economy from communism to capitalism.
model of human evolution in which major changes are the result of a slow and steady accumulation of small changes
The theory that all evolutionary change is gradual rather than occurring in leaps and jumps.
Theory that postulates that evolution is primarily anagenetic ( microevolutionary), with new variation arising in individuals by mutation and recombination, and natural selection acting primarily on individuals and populations.
A model of evolution that assumes slow, steady rates of change. Charles Darwin's original concept of evolution by natural selection assumed gradualism. Contrast with punctuated equilibrium.
The theory that evolution occurs gradually and at a steady pace, as opposed to occurring in leaps and bounds.
Gradualism is the belief that changes occur, or ought to occur, slowly in the form of gradual steps (see also incrementalism)
