Sentences with word «gradualism»

Punctuated equilibrium is commonly contrasted against the theory of phyletic gradualism, which states that evolution generally occurs uniformly and by the steady and gradual transformation of whole lineages (called anagenesis).

But Darwinian gradualism simply means that one animal can't all of a sudden give birth to a new species.

Won't have credibility on gradualism until the second move.

[5][6] Eldredge and Gould proposed that the degree of gradualism commonly attributed to Charles Darwin is virtually nonexistent in the fossil record, and that stasis dominates the history of most fossil species.

One more note: I believe gradualism is almost required in Fed tightening cycles in the present environment — a lot more lending, financing, and derivatives trading gears off of short rates like three - month LIBOR, which correlates tightly with fed funds.

But within these nodes, there is plenty of time for gradualism.

In the coming weeks and months, you will face a series of tremendous opportunities to rouse America from the trance of carbon gradualism and climate denial, and onto the war footing we so desperately need.

The fossil record generally doesn't reflect Darwin's gradualism at the finest taxonomic level, i.e. the species level.

This rejection of bogus binarism is why young Catholics can readily embrace moral absolutism while seeing no contradiction in apostolically applying it with «pastoral gradualism» or — as they would perhaps call it — emotional intelligence.

According to Waldstein, the alternative in contemporary Protestant social thought would be either radical pacifism and anarchism in the Anabaptist tradition or the institutional gradualism of the Reformed tradition.

Regarding observations of speciation within the fossil record, we now know we shouldn't expect to see Darwin's proposed gradualism given the relatively short time scales and the probability of capture within the fossil record (i.e. new species populations will be small and less likely to be reflected).

Parsing the essence of @Pedo's comments with an understanding of the distinctions you make regarding gradualism, you DO NOT believe the same things that Pedro believes.

Still, there are clear examples of gradualism within the fossil record.

Gradualism becomes an epithet and revolution a watchword.

«the aim of the human protection operation is to enforce compliance with human rights and the rule of law as quickly and as comprehensively as possible, but it is not the defeat of a state; this must properly be reflected in the application of force, with limitations on the application of force having to be accepted, together with some incrementalism and gradualism tailored to the objective to protect» (67)

Thus Lyell's gradualism continued to prevail, and catastrophic change stayed taboo for most of the 20th century.

He thinks Darwinism was about extreme gradualism over geological time.

For individuals with moderate to severe cases, a SIBO diet often begins with an elemental liquid diet or an Ayurvedic gradualism diet.

Call me a skeptic, but the Fed likes to maximize its own flexibility in applying policy, and gradualism fits that bill.

In an era of catastrophic gradualism and lethal cowardice, Florida congressional candidate Tim Canova has taken a tremendously courageous stand for climate truth and justice in his call for a World War II - scale mobilization that eliminates net greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and restores a safe climate.

«It would also be consistent with principles of rate gradualism and give customers and the rooftop solar industry time to adjust before fixed costs are (more) fairly allocated in APS's next rate case... [and] make APS's next rate case more manageable.»

The acceptance of punctuated equilibrium put to death the then prevailing thought that gradual change was the evolutionary mechanism of speciation (Darwinian phyletic gradualism, which had held sway for > 100 years, was utterly debunked)

More on gradualism — not a constant slope, but state - dependent.

One more note: I believe gradualism is almost required in Fed tightening cycles in the present environment — a lot more lending, financing, and derivatives trading gears off of short rates like three - month LIBOR, which correlates tightly with fed funds.

The window for gradualism has closed.

He recounts what he sees as the differences between evolutionary gradualism and punctuated equilibria, though not in any depth; nor does he mention the adaptationist / neutralist controversies, instead assuming that everyone accepts the strict Darwinian model.

Secretary Clinton, like the vast majority of the public, politicians, and the media, is still stuck in the mentality of «carbon gradualism.»

Eldredge and Gould proposed that the degree of gradualism commonly attributed to Charles Darwin is essentially nonexistent in the fossil record, and that static lack of phenotype and genotype change dominates the history of most fossil species.

«I think that the Chinese philosophy is gradualism,» said People's Bank of China governor Yi Gang.

The Strategy of Gradualism: An Analysis of Bank of Canada Policy from Mid-1975 to Mid-1977, by Thomas J. Courchene.

«I think that the Chinese philosophy is gradualism,» Yi said.

Remember, Darwinian gradualism has been universally discarded by evolutionary biologists due to a lack of fossil evidence.

Gradualism, or alterations to biology via numerous successive, slight modifications, is one of teh 5 laws in the Theory of Evolution.

Within these nodes is plenty of time for Darwin's gradualism to manifest, but still too rapid (in the context of geologic time) to be captured in the fossil record.

... Paleontologists usually attribute these differences to a mix of slow evolution («gradualism») and rapid evolution (or «punctuated equilibrium»: sudden bursts of evolution followed by stasis), in combination with the immigration of new species from the as - yet - undiscovered places where they first arose.