Saltationism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Saltationism is a noun meaning (evolutionary theory) The belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
Meaning
(evolutionary theory) The belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include halmatogenesis, transmutationism, gradualism, evolutionism, evolution, radiation.
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