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==Descripion (Gradualism)== '''Gradualism''' is the [[belief]] that [[changes]] occur, or ought to occur, slowly in t

...orical [[contingency]] means explanations at different levels may exist. [[Gradualism]] does not mean constant rate of change.

...eology]], in contrast, is uniformitarianism (also sometimes described as [[gradualism]]), in which slow incremental changes, such as erosion, create the Earth's ...ndorsed ''uniformitarianism'' ("The present is the key to the past") and [[gradualism]] (geologic change occurs slowly over long periods of time) and rejected th

...n as the main mechanism of change. Will it be smooth and gradual (phyletic gradualism), as supposed by Darwin and his followers, or will it be jerky and abrupt (

...assictexts/eldredge.asp "Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism"] In this theory, speciation and rapid evolution are linked, with natural s Nonetheless, Darwin's specific ideas about evolution, such as [[gradualism]] and the mechanisms of natural selection, were strongly contested at first

Socialists supported and advocated many branches of Socialism - from the gradualism of trade unions to the radical revolution of Marx and Engels to the anarchi