%3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fevolutiontale.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F11%2Fdar-population-nedir.jpg%22+title%3D%22Narrow+Population%22+%2F%3E+%3Cp%3EOne+of+the+views+held+by+the+proponents+of+punctuated+evolution+is+the+concept+of+narrow+populations.+This+postulates+that+new+species+form+in+communities+consisting+of+very+small+numbers+of+animals+or+plants.+According+to+this+claim%2C+populations+containing+large+numbers+of+animals+exhibit+no+evolutionary+development%2C+but+remain+in+a+state+of+stasis.+However%2C+small+groups+that+separate+from+this+population+and+become+isolated+%28generally+because+of+geographical+conditions%29%2C+will+reproduce+solely+among+themselves.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EMacro-mutations+then+occur+in+these+groups+and+rapid+speciation+takes+place.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EProponents+of+punctuated+equilibrium+insist+on+the+concept+of+narrow+populations+simply+because+they+cannot+account+for+the+lack+of+any+evidence+in+the+fossil+records.+That+is+why+they+imagine+that+evolutionary+changes+took+place+very+rapidly+and+in+narrow+populations%2C+f