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> [The theory of punctuated equilibrium, proposed by Niles Eldredge and myself, is not, as so often misunderstood, a radical claim for truly sudden change, but a recognition that ordinary processes of speciation, properly conceived as glacially slow by the standard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/the-theory-of-punctuated-equilibrium-proposed-by-niles-eldredge-and/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [The literal record was not a hopelessly and imperfect fraction of truly insensible gradation within large populations but an accurate reflection of the actual process identified by evolutionists as the chief motor of biological change. The theory of punctuated equilibrium…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/the-literal-record-was-not-a-hopelessly-and-imperfect-fraction-of/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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