Multiple Choice
In the fossil record, species suddenly appear, remain more or less unchanged for varying periods of geologic time, and then disappear from the record. This trend best supports the theory of:
A) evolutionary gradualism.
B) punctuated equilibrium.
C) cladistic analysis.
D) phyletic speciation.
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