Question

What do gradualism and punctuated equilibrium have in common?

Answer 1

Answer:

They both describes the rate of evolution for a given course of time

Explanation:

Gradualism talk about the changes that happen gradually and consistently  leading to evolution of an organism in due course of time while punctuated equilibrium talks about spurting change for a certain time period and then the process of evolution slows down thereby causing further gradual evolution of organism for the remaining course of time. Thus, these two mechanism depict the rate by which an organism evolve.

Answer 2

Answer:

They are both explanations of the rate of evolutionary change.

Explanation:

Gradualism is that evolution occurs at a slow and steady pace. Gradualism brings small variation to particular species, it occurs over a long period of time.

In punctuated equilibrium, change comes in spurts. Punctuated Equilibrium is the time in which species are stable but now and then there is a disruptive event that promotes frequent changes.