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.
The answer is the 1st statement.
