[medved]

The formation of new species is a gradual and not a sudden process, according to a team of biologists from the UK, France, Australia and the USA.

In other words, they're claiming all the evidence of the fossil record is a bunch of BS??

[Junior]

In other words, they're claiming all the evidence of the fossil record is a bunch of BS??

Huh?  The fossil record never said that speciation occurred rapidly -- that is a conclusion that some paleontologists drew from the evidence, but with which other paleontologists disagreed.  You've glommed onto part of the story and extrapolated wildly from there.