1. If punctuated equilibrium is true, than that explains a lot to me. 2. Nearly all species undergo true extinction under the model of punctuated equilibrium . 3. Punctuated equilibrium , for example, has been called " evolution by jerks ."4. Gould argued that punctuated equilibrium challenges the gradual change expected by extrapolationists. 5. Punctuated equilibrium is often misinterpreted as " a catastrophic, one-generation, overnight theory,"6. Periods of punctuated equilibrium offer many new, as yet unexplored territories. 7. He was a critic of gradualism and the punctuated equilibrium theory of evolution. 8. Gould said, using the nickname for the theory of punctuated equilibrium . 9. Cultural evolution follows punctuated equilibrium which Gould and Eldredge developed for biological evolution. 10. He called Prothero the best punctuated equilibrium researcher on the West Coast.