BIOL359 Lecture 13: BIOL 359 Study Notes - Midterm 1
10 Mar 2017
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Topic 1 a short history of evolution. Anaximander of ancient greece species formed from water, humans and animals from fish. Empedocles heads, limbs and organs joined at random and some combinations were fit. Plato idealism the idea that natural phenomena are imperfect representations of true essence of an ideal unseen world. Linnaeus father of taxonomy established modern classification in systema naturae hoped to fi(cid:374)d patte(cid:396)(cid:374) fo(cid:396) god"s (cid:272)(cid:396)eatio(cid:374) Lamarck species change over time into new species diffe(cid:396)ed f(cid:396)o(cid:373) da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s ideas. Erasmus darwin da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s g(cid:396)a(cid:374)dfathe(cid:396) p(cid:396)oposed that species were modified descendants. James hutton father of modern geology responsible for principle of uniformitarianism: geological processes are the same that occurred in the past, charles lyell presented the evidence for uniformitarianism and ended catastrophism. Son and grandson of physicians examined finches from galapagos islands leading to his theory that species can change. Struggled with multiple ideas including lamarckism because they failed to explain adaptation.
