Question #6432312Single Choice

Biology

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Which statement supports gradualism but does not support punctuated equilibrium?

Species show little evolutionary change over an extended period of geological time, and as a result, stasis is seen in the fossil record.

Speciation occurs during periods of rapid geological change.

Speciation is a slow process that happens in steady small changes.

Fossils of species found in the lower strata of the fossil record are geologically older than the species found in strata toward the top.

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