In the debate of how speciation occurs,advocates of punctuated equilibrium
A) describe macroevolution as the gradual accumulation of evolutionary changes over time.
B) agree with the advocates of intelligent design on views about the flaws in fossil-dating techniques.
C) define species the same way creationists and gradualists do.
D) have revived Darwin's classic description of change over time.
E) suggest that long periods of stasis (stability), during which species change little, are interrupted by evolutionary leaps.

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Advocates of punctuated equilibrium suggest that long periods of stasis are interrupted by evolutionary leaps, which occur relatively quickly, leading to the formation of new species. This contrasts with the gradual accumulation of evolutionary changes over time, which is described by advocates of other models of speciation such as phyletic gradualism.

In the Debate of How Speciation Occurs,advocates of Punctuated Equilibrium