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Created page with "'''Saltationism''' is "any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendan..."
'''Saltationism''' is "any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather than by the gradual accumulation of small changes."<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/saltationism</ref> An example of saltationism in evolutionary thought was [[Goldschmidt's hopeful monster theory]]. *[[Punctuated equilibrium]] originally incorporated saltationism but later was declared merely complementary to [[phyletic gradualism]]<ref>Ernst Mayr, 1982a. Speciation and macroevolution. Evolution 36, page 1128</ref><ref>http://creation.com/punctuated-equilibrium-come-of-age</ref>
==See also==
*[[Goldschmidt's hopeful monster theory]]
*[[Theories of evolution]]
==References==
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[[Category: Evolution]]
==See also==
*[[Goldschmidt's hopeful monster theory]]
*[[Theories of evolution]]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category: Evolution]]