<span>Gradualism describes the rates of speciation. It means that evolutionary changes in species are slow, gradual and continuous process. In our example, </span>The one-toed horse of today <u>steadily </u>evolved from its five-toed ancestor. Steadily is the key word. So, the change was slow and continuous process.
If the change were rapid, this would be an example of punctuated equilibrium.
