( ( This scenario ) ( ( ( ( is ( inconsistent ( with ( neo-Darwinian gradualism ) ) ) ) , ) ( according ( to ( which ( macroevolution ( ( is simply ) ( ( cumulative microevolution ) ( over ( ( long periods ) ( of time ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT This) (NN scenario)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ inconsistent) (PP (IN with) (NP (JJ neo-Darwinian) (NN gradualism)))) (, ,) (PP (VBG according) (PP (TO to) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which)) (S (NP (NN macroevolution)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB simply)) (NP (NP (JJ cumulative) (NN microevolution)) (PP (IN over) (NP (NP (JJ long) (NNS periods)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN time)))))))))))) (. .)))
This scenario is inconsistent with neo-Darwinian gradualism, according to which macroevolution is simply cumulative microevolution over long periods of time.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNP Evolution)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ occurs) (PP (IN over) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ short) (NN period)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN time))))))))) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN known) (PP (IN as) (NP (NN microevolution))))) (. .)))