[Claud]

I’m a little rusty in this (college bio major), but what makes this different than punctuated equilibria, ala Steven Jay Gould?

[neverdem]

I’m a little rusty in this (college bio major), but what makes this different than punctuated equilibria, ala Steven Jay Gould?

"fits and starts"

OK with me, a chem major.

[SunkenCiv]

The late S.J. Gould’s model was “diastrophe” — diastrophe was the punctuation mark in the punctuated equilibria.