[Servant of the Nine]

"Punctuated Equilibrium" evolutionary theory has predicted extremely rapid change followed by periods of little change for at least the last 30 years.

So9

[longtermmemmory]

this seems more a publish or perish article.

[longtermmemmory]

I believe its a suddent change mutates and if it is successful it out lives the rest of the non-mutated.

This is also a reason for fearing the introduction of genetically manipulated fish into the ocean. The computer models show the altered fish overwhelme the regualar fish and then they themselves die out.