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gradualism
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gradualism
Geology the theory that explains major changes in rock strata, fossils, etc. in terms of gradual evolutionary processes rather than sudden violent catastrophes

gradualism [′graj·ə·wə‚liz·əm]
(evolution)
A model of evolution in which change is slow, steady, and on the whole ameliorative, resulting in a gradual and continuous increase in biological diversity. Also known as phyletic gradualism.


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Eldredge and Gould not only showed that paleontologists had been out of step with biologists for decades, but also that they had been unconsciously trying to force the fossil record into the gradualistic mode.
never signed on and has taken a mixed, gradualistic approach to drug problems.
King's evolution in thought away from the NAACP protest tradition and the gradualistic tactics of organizations like the interracial Alabama Council on Human Relations, which King served as a vice president.
 
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