Abrupt shifts in the evolution of animals have long been a challenge for theorists including Darwin. Now, evolutionary biologists have proposed a new statistical model which seeks to explain these sudden changes and long periods of stasis

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28595-z

created by uniofreading on 02/03/2022 at 12:40 UTC

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Comment by dietwindows at 02/03/2022 at 15:09 UTC

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Uhh.. wasn't this done like 30 years ago? Isn't it called punctuated equilibrium?

Comment by Toolatetootired at 02/03/2022 at 14:16 UTC

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Can someone ELI5? I get that they are trying to explain the problems with Darwinian evolution, i just don't get the explanation.

Comment by [deleted] at 02/03/2022 at 15:00 UTC

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Apologies if I don’t understand! How does darwinian evolution relate to random mutations brought on by things like genetic drift? Is this describing a similar idea but to a higher degree?