saltationism
nounEtymology
From saltation + -ism.
Definitions
The belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological…
The belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
- Gould has misled himself by his own rhetorical emphasis on the purely poetic or literary resemblance between punctuationism, on the one hand, and true saltationism on the other.
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