Punctured Equilibrium views Darwinian gene flows and causation to be overly (i) $\(\qquad\)$ or simplistic. In actuality, say its proponents, any comparative advantage acquired by the member of a species would, under most conditions, be re-absorbed and 'averaged out' among a sizable number of members of the species before it had time to be visible, a gradation too (ii) $\(\qquad\)$ for Darwin and his naturalists to observe.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A. manipulative	D. underhanded
B. ambitious	E. elusive
C. meticulous	F. cantankerous

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