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Why are fossils of intermediate life forms likely to be rare if the pattern of punctuated equilibrium explains how evolution occurs?
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∙ 12y ago
Intermediate species forms, yes. A the taxa level, no. Still, not all taxa evidence is supportive of punctuation and stasis. Punctuated equilibrium is only one explanation of how evolution occurs in some species, not all species. The little shellies evidence gradualist processes very well.
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The idea that new species occur suddenly in the fossil record followed by long periods of little change is called?
This is the idea called punctuated equilibria, by paleontologists Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge. It explains the patterns seen in the fossil record.
What concept of evolution explains why organisms are constructed to meet the demands of their environment?
Natural selection explains adaptive change in the immediate environment.
What term explains molecule movement to maintain a balance with the environment?
Homeostasis or equilibrium (?)
what theory explains fear?
heliocentric theory, the theory of evolution, relativity theory
Evolution is concidered to be a?
Evolution is a scientific theory. A theory is consistent with all known laws of physics and satisfactorily explains all confirmed observations.
The idea that new species occur suddenly in the fossil record followed by long periods of little change is called?
This is the idea called punctuated equilibria, by paleontologists Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge. It explains the patterns seen in the fossil record.
What do scientists now think about pace of evolutionary change?
A combination of both gradualism and punctuated equilibrium best explains the pace of evolutionary change
What the different type and rates of evolution?
As for types of evolution: within the context of biology, there's only one accepted model for evolution: the model that explains evolution in terms of population genetics, pioneered by Charles Darwin. As for rates: according to the punctuated equilibrium model, the rates of divergence can vary wildly. Species can exist for hundreds of thousands of generations, with only superficial morphological change, and then in the space of a mere ten thousand generations branch off into distinct separate morphologies.
How does the theory of evolution explain the existence of modern humans?
It explains that modern humans are the result of a long-going and ongoing process of reproductive variation and differential reproductive success, punctuated by divergence between subpopulations and subsequent speciation events.
How does Charles Darwin's theory of evolution explain the existence of modern people?
It explains that modern humans are the result of a long-going and ongoing process of reproductive variation and differential reproductive success, punctuated by divergence between subpopulations and subsequent speciation events.
What concept of evolution explains why organisms are constructed to meet the demands of their environment?
Natural selection explains adaptive change in the immediate environment.
What expalins the unity of life?
Evolution explains unity of life .
What term explains molecule movement to maintain a balance with the environment?
Homeostasis or equilibrium (?)
Is spontaneous generation the same as the current understanding of evolution?
No. Evolution explains how and why organisms change over time. It makes no difference to evolution how organisms are generated.
What explains adaptation and species change over time?
the theory of evolution
What are some benefits of the evolution theory?
It explains our observations in biology and palaeontology.
What does evolution have to with animals?
It explains the DIVERSITY of life. Nothing about it's origins.
