Darwin's views on the ‘tempo and mode’ of evolution are examined through six successive editions of the Origin of Species and through unpublished manuscript material. Although Darwin was a gradualist, there was a significant overlap between his views and those of the proponents of the current theory of punctuated equilibrium.
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Rhodes, F. Gradualism, punctuated equilibrium and the Origin of Species. Nature 305, 269–272 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/305269a0
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